The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has assured Nigerians of adequate surveillance at the nation’s airports f...
The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has
assured Nigerians of adequate surveillance at the nation’s airports
following the outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
The World Health Organisation declared an Ebola outbreak in the
Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, saying that at least one person
had been confirmed dead due to the virus in the country’s north-east.
FAAN’s Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta
Yakubu, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, saying that
there was no direct flight from Congo to Nigeria.
Yakubu also assured that all the preventive measures being put in
place at the airports were still in place. She said the Port Health
officials were at alert at all airports, adding that the authority had
also informed them of the need to increase surveillance.
“We don’t have direct flights from Congo, we only have from
Rwanda but I want to assure members of the public that we still have all
preventive measures in place at our airports.
“There are sanitisers at our arrivals with the scanning
apparatus called Thermal scanners being installed by the Port Health
Services.
“The scanners have camera monitors that display pictures aside the capturing of temperature.
“Passengers still fill that form to ensure that everybody
arriving the country through our airports are not potential carriers of
deadly diseases.
“The port health officials are always at alert and we will also inform them of the need to increase their surveillance.
“So, there is no cause for alarm,” she said.
Nigeria experienced the Ebola virus in July, 2014 when a Liberian
American, Patrick Sawyer, who had the disease flew from Liberia to the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and died five days later.
In response, the Federal Government observed all of Sawyer’s
contacts for signs of infection and increased surveillance at all entry
points to the country.
Nigeria was able to curtail the disease and was subsequently declared Ebola free by WHO.
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