Exactly one week after Nigeria recorded its first case of coronavirus through an Italian man who came into the country via the Lagos airport, the minister for health, Osagie Enahire has maintained that 93 co-passengers who boarded the same Turkish Airlines flight with the Italian are still being traced.
Addressing a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, the minister said only 55 out of 148 aboard the flight have been identified and contacted.
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“The contacts of the index case are currently under supervised self-isolation and the states have provided them with the temperature tools,” he said.
“Of the 148 passengers on the manifest of the index case flight, 55 are actively being followed up.
“The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Port Health Services are in touch with them to monitor their temperatures and possible appearance of COVID-19 symptoms.
“We are tracing out others. I urge any passengers of the Turkish Airlines Flight to Lagos on February 24 listening to me to contact us on 080097000-10.”
