coronavirus: These are the 100 people identified by Lagos, Ogun governments as possible carriers

The quest to curtail further spread of the coronavirus in Nigeria has triggered both the governments of Lagos and Ogun states to go all out getting all those who had contacts with the index case, -an Italian who came into Nigeria on Tuesday and visited Ogun state, where he was a consultant to a cement factory.

Although he has been quarantined in Lagos, the governments of the two states have gone all out trying to pick up people who came in contact with him and so far, they have identified 100 of those people.

Below is a list of the categories of people identified so far:

1. Those that traveled with the Italian aboard the Turkish Airline that brought him to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
2. Airport workers who must have interacted with him after he landed in Lagos.
3. The driver who took him away from the airport.
4. The driver who took him to Ogun state on a visit to the cement company he was consulting for.
5. Staff of the cement company who must interacted with him while he was there.
6. The family members of his brother he visited in Lagos.
7. Neighbours of his brother
8. Colleagues of his brother and the wife at the office
9. Classmates of his brother’s children and their teachers.
10. Those who lodged at the hotel around MM airport area where he stayed after landing in Nigeria.
11. Health workers at the hospital he visited when he suspected it was ordinary fever.
12. Other patients at the hospital where he visited.

People in these categories have been identified and are currently quarantined by the state governments of Lagos and Ogun states