Ebola Virus-Lagos State on the look out for those who boarded 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.