Lagos state government has allayed fears
that some of the airport official that came
in contact with Patrick Sawyer, may have
been manifesting symptoms of the virus.
Indication emerged, yesterday, that one of
the 15 airport contacts that assisted the
late Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, that
died of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, may have
contracted the deadly virus.
Unconfirmed reports revealed that already
the contact has begun to manifest
symptoms of Ebola Virus.
According to a member of the Joint Federal
and State Team on Ebola outbreak who
preferred anonymity; one of the persons
who accompanied late Patrick Sawyer is
already showing signs of Ebola.
The reliable source confirmed receipt of a
short message service, SMS, text that the
person who assisted late Patrick Sawyer to
move out of the plane is presenting
symptoms, identifiable with EVD. “In fact, I
just got a text that the person who helped
Sawyer, the Liberian, to get out of the air
plane is down with a suspected case of
Ebola. You can see we have to be very
careful. I cannot say specifically whether
he or she is a Nigerian or in Nigeria right
now. He is still being monitored as we
speak,” he said.
He added that the latest victim was among
those who were being quarantined for
having first contact with the victim.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government in
a swift reaction through a text message
said that no one of the 59 contacts is sick
for now. The Special Adviser to the
Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande
Adeshina who responded through a text
message said: “It is not true. We are doing
routine surveillance, no one is sick.”