The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, don direct the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NCAA to notify local and international airlines to place 46 persons wen don get contact with the first Ebola patient on no-fly list for 21 days.
The directive show after one online meeting wen Keyamo hold on Wednesday with the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, to discuss measures to take tidy Naija first confirmed Ebola case since 2014 according to one statement wen he share with news people.
Them diagnose the patient with the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease after laboratory tests confirm the infection on October 20.
The World Health Organisation WHO say the woman recently travel from Uganda go Nigeria, with her symptoms wen begin on October 7, four days after her arrival. She come seek treatment for one private health facility for Abuja on October 11.
According to reports from the NCDC, dem first treat her for malaria-like symptoms, but her condition no gree improve. Her travel history come raised suspicion among attending doctors, wen come make dem carry out more investigations and laboratory testing.
The Director of Public Health Laboratory Services for the NCDC, Olajumoke Babatunde, confirm the strain wen dem detect for the patient during one emergency incident management meeting for Abuja on Wednesday.