There was panic yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport, MMIA, Lagos as a Nigerian, who had
already been cured of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone
arrived aboard Royal Air Maroc.
The ebola victim, Mr. Theophilus Onnakhinon, was flown from
Sierra Leone by the airline while his younger brother, Mr.
Chinedu Eroka was said to have absconded from the Sierra
Leonean authorities. It was not however clear why Eroka
absconded.
A source close to the Port Health at the Lagos Airport confided
in aviation reporters yesterday that the victim had already been
treated of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone and cured of the disease
by the health authorities of that country after some weeks in
their custody.
The source who doesn’t want to be named as he was not
allowed to talk to the media on the issue said that the victim
was assisted into the country by the Nigeria’s consular officer,
Mrs. T. Mohammed.
According to the source, the consular officer accompanied the
victim into the country in order to avoid stigmatization by the
Nigerian health officials and other authorities at the airport.
On arrival in Nigeria, the victim was immediately handed over to
the Port Health officials at the Lagos airport who immediately
isolated and quarantined him.
As at the time of filing this report, the victim was said to still
being observed by the Port Health officials.
The source said that the essence of his being quarantined in the
country was for the Nigerian officials to also check his health
status and confirm that he was free of the disease before being
released to the public.
The source said, “It is true that there was Ebola scare at the
Lagos airport today, (yesterday) but the fact is that the victim
had been cured of the disease in Sierra Leone before being
assisted into Nigeria by our consular officer in that country and
immediately he landed, he was handed over to the port health
authorities who immediately carried out checks on him and
isolated him from the other passengers.
“But, the truth is that we just want to recheck what has already
been done by the Sierra Leonean authorities. You know, we
cannot take chances again in the country. I can assure you that
the situation is under control.”
However, the Port health services at the Lagos Airport have
declined to comment on the issue and directed our enquiry to
the Ministry of Health.

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Fear of Ebola! Even though he's cured, he might still be infectious though

Ebola? Anyway we are nt scared anymore.

NMA Health workers Thumbs up for you

abeg!! make them carry am back to sierre Leone!!