The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said four children of the same family and their teacher who arrived in the country from the United States have been quarantined for coronavirus fears.
Abayomi, who said this at a press conference in Lagos on March 11, added that a man who came from the United Kingdom had also been quarantined at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
He expressed that they had established contact with the two people declared wanted after flying on the same Turkish Airlines plane with the brought the Italian man infected with the virus into Lagos.
Abayomi stated that;
The three people announced to be in isolation on Monday have tested negative. There was someone from France, another from England and the third person from China. They are negative and have been discharged.
We have admitted a family of four children and their teacher. They travelled in from the United States. Apparently, they have been near someone who has the coronavirus infection.
He explained that;
So we’ve had them in isolation in the past two days. The first test was negative, we will repeat that in 48 hours and see what happens. We also have another gentleman from the United Kingdom, we will run his test. But the situation at the moment remains the same; one index case, one positive because of contact with the index case.
According to the commissioner, the index case still secrets coronavirus and will continue to be placed under isolation until he overcomes the virus.
He said;
The test shows that he is still secreting the virus, although the level is going down significantly. So if the virus secretion hits zero, we will test him one more time to be sure, and we will discharge him from the hospital.
The second case is doing well. He has developed no major symptoms just some minor aches and pains and he seems to do well and we are satisfied. We will repeat his test tomorrow and we will determine what happens next based on his test result.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its website said 11 people who had contact with the Italian were still missing.
The body said;
The other development is that contact tracing and monitoring regarding the coronavirus index case receiving treatment in Lagos, has been diligently and conscientiously pursued since February 27 when the case was first diagnosed.
A total of 217 contacts were linked to the index case. Of the 217, 45 travelled out of Nigeria and 172 are presently in Nigeria. Of the 172 contacts currently in Nigeria, 69 are in Lagos, 40 in Ogun and 52 in other states, with 11 in unknown locations.
