A South African, Folswe Elizabeth Maria, who was on transit aboard the Royal Air Maroc from Morocco, has been quarantined at the isolation ward in Lagos. Maria is suspected to have showed symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as she arrived yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. She took ill at the transit area of the airport after using the toilet, and was immediately reported to officials of the Port Health Services who used the Infra-red Thermometer to test her and discovered that she had high temperature. She was later taken to an isolation centre and kept under observation by Port Health officials.
Going by reports, Maria had worked previously in 2 Ebola Virus Disease-prone countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone, hence the suspicion that she could have contracted the disease. Confirming the incident, the Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Minister of Health, Dan Nwomeh in a statement said: “The South African national suspected of showing symptoms of Ebola at the international airport (Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos) was quarantined at the isolation ward in Lagos while her case is being investigated”.
Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.
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