The Industrial Director of Lafarge Plc,
Mr Segun Soyoye, has said “the Italian who brought coronavirus to
Nigeria came to inspect some installations of machines bought from a
Swedish firm”.
He said this during an
on-the-spot-assessment by Ogun State Government, Nigeria Centre for
Disease Control, and World Health Organisation teams to Lafarge facility
at Ewekoro on Saturday.
Soyoye added that the Italian didn’t go
behind Lafarge the guest house at Ishofin Estate before he was
evacuated, having developed abnormal temperatures that suggested he had
been infected with Covid-19.
He added, “The Italian came for a
business visit. He was in Lagos on Monday and slept at Airport Hotel,
Ikeja. Our driver took him there.
“When we observed abrnomal temperatures
and symptoms, we quickly instituted an Emergency Response Team which is
led by the company’s CEO. We have to find a way of analysing and
identifying not only the Italian but also the other contacts.
“The contacts are now 39 and we have
quarantined them, the house and clinic as well as the vehicles. We don’t
take chances that is why they are put there.
“They will be there for 14 days. We will
continue to observe them, we have their database, showing their biodata
and other information.
“The doctor is here and what he is doing
is to check them on a regular basis. So far, everybody is stable. They
are not symptomatic, we are providing everything for them over there.
“The other thing that I have not said is
that the clinic that was used for the infected person is closed,
disinfected and we moved everybody out.
“All the guys on duty that day, they were also quarantined, so they will be there for 14 days as well.”
He also said its production lines were
not shut as the guest house where the Italian was lodged is 5km to the
manufacturing plants in Ewekoro.
The Team Leader of World Health
Organisation in Nigeria, Mr. Ibrahim Mamadu, commended the internal
processes undertaken so far by Lafarge Africa to contain the deadly
disease.
He, however. advised the company and
others to acquire digital thermometers to check body temperatures
instead of infrared thermometers for accurate body temperature readings.
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