No fewer than 28 persons have been quarantined in Ogun state for having contact with the Italian confirmed to be carrying Coronavirus while the factory he visited in the state has also been shut down for the time being.
Governor Dapo Abiodun who disclosed this at a news
conference on Friday, advised the public not to panic as the situation is under control.
He said "The Italian visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday, took ill and was treated in a Clinic within the factory he visited but he was later transferred to Lagos using special ambulance service on suspicion that he was carrying the virus.
He added that measures have been set on motion to interview the 28 quarantined people to know who they have made contact with.
The governor revealed that two isolation centres had been set up within the plant to further monitor other people .
Abiodun said Emergency Operation Centres have been
established at Oke - Mosan to handle emergency cases
while 20 surveillance centres have also been set up across the State's 20 Local Government Areas in the State.
The Governor added that the Olabisi Onabanjo University
Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, earlier designated as an Isolation Centre, would also be upgraded to Virus
Security centre with the help of Officials of the Federal
Ministry of Health who have since arrived the state.
He added that measures were also in place to get in touch with other people that might have had contact with the established index case - both primary and secondary contacts, urging the public to take personal hygiene serious at this peculiar time.
Abiodun said, “The particular company in question has been practically shut down and they have set up two isolation centres within the premises.
“They have identified all those that have been in contact with this index, totalling about 28. All those 28 people have been quarantined.
Meanwhile, Lafarge Africa PLC, through its Director, Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainable Development, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem said the company since the outbreak of the virus, it has taken some measures to contain the spread of the virus.
She said, "As a business, we have immediately identified the persons who had direct contact with the concerned individual. We have equally initiated isolation, quarantine and disinfection protocol" .
"We thank the exemplary leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health, Ogun and Lagos State Governments for swiftly providing response and testing facilities and we are working in full co-operation with all local authorities".
"Lafarge Africa is also working in close partnership with International SOS, our medical service provider, a leading global health company".
"Health and Safety remains a core value at Lafarge Africa and we intend to leverage this strength at this critical time", she said.
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