At least 28 persons have been identified and quarantined in Ogun State after they came in contact with Nigeria’s first case of coronavirus.
The first case who is an Italian who came into Nigeria on February 24 aboard Turkish Airlines and went straight to Ewekoro, Ogun State, where he had contact with several Lafarge cement factory employees.
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The cement factory has allegedly since been shutdown and several employees quarantined. The driver who drove the Italian to the hospital for medical checkup, has also been taken in.
A clinic situated inside the cement factory has also been shut down while staff are currently locked inside a room after fears grew that the Italian had been in contact with many persons in Ogun State before being rushed to Lagos for medical help.
The Italian had not shown any signs of being infected with the virus at the time of his entry into the country but developed fever and body aches the next day when he visited Lafarge cement factory.
He was thereafter taken to the company’s clinic that evening and was placed under observation while the Ogun State Government was notified of his situation.
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According to reports, Olugbenga Bodunrin who drove the Italian to Lagos, was exposed to him for at least five hours and was not isolated or quarantined but allowed to go home.
As a result of this, he was also exposed to several other person and heightened the risk of the virus spreading further.
A source at Lafarge allegedly told SaharaReporters that;
There are so many persons that had been exposed to the index case and if these people are not found and quarantined, we could be in big trouble.
