FG to raise anti-Ebola airport surveillance The Federal Government has said that it is stepping up its surveillance at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos to prevent another cross-border transmission of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease into the country. The Director, Port Health Services, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Dr. Morenike Alex-Okoh, said since the Lagos airport is a major aviation hub in the West African sub-region, the screening services would not be relaxed. Alex-Okoh spoke in Lagos on Friday while taking delivery of 30 non-contact forehead infra-red thermometers donated by the United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria to the Federal Government. The senior port health official noted that since the index Ebola case of the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, was recorded at the Lagos airport, the MMA authorities had remained on full alert. According to her, the 30 thermometers newly donated by the US government for use at the airport were “more accurate” than what was being used for the detection of probable Ebola patients among arriving and departing passengers. Alex-Okoh said, “The Murtala Muhammed Airport is one of the busiest on the African continent and in fact the most important in the West African sub-region. “We are taking more serious steps to prevent a recurrence of another Ebola case and any form of cross border transmission at this time.” Copyright PUNCH.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng ift.tt/1nkwcqV ift.tt/1ls1hrf [[Boost your social presence with NAIRALIKES nairalikes ]] #nigeria x #nairalikes #vanguardng
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 03:42:14 +0000
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