Ebola Virus-Lagos State On The Look Out For Passengers On The Same Flight With Dead Victim

Since the death of Mr Patrick Sawyer,
the Liberian who died in Lagos from
the Ebola Virus,the Lagos State
Government said it had identified no
fewer than 59 people who had contacts
with him.
Dr Jide Idris, the Commissioner for
Health said 20 of the contacts had been
screened and that none of them had so
far been found to be infected with the
virus.
According to Vanguard,he said the
contacts did not include those he might
have been with on his flight to Nigeria
on July 20, as the airline had yet to
release the passenger manifest for
investigation.
“The airline manifest has not been
provided by the airline as at the
time of this report and therefore,
the precise number of passenger
contacts is yet to be ascertained,
especially as two flights were
involved (Monrovia-Lome and
Lome-Lagos).”
The commissioner urged Nigerians not
to entertain fears about Sawyer`s case
as the state and Federal Governments
were doing everything possible to
prevent any risk to the country.