The Ogun State Government and Lafarge Africa PLC have confirmed that a total of 39 persons who came in contact with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) – infected Italian has been captured and will be quarantined for 14 days in other to monitor their health situation.

These include the driver who picked the infected Italian from a hotel in Ikeja and those who served him food and drink.

Meanwhile, the management of Lafarge and Ogun State Government have debunked the closure of it cement production lines following reports going round in the media that the production lines of Lafarge Africa PLC, Ewekoro have been closed.

The Ogun Government and Lafarge Africa confirmed this development at the Lafarge facility during an on-the-spot-assessment by the host state government, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), World Health Organisation (WHO) teams and the Industrial Director of Lafarge plc.

The Ogun Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, commended Lafarge Africa for the quick and proactive measures taken so far.
She noted that it was imperative for the state and federal governments to swing into action to contain the spread of the deadly disease.

The commissioner said that the state government had activated an Emergency Operation Committee (EOC) to manage any development that may arise from the reported cases of Coronavirus.

"We are on top of the situation. There is no cause for alarm. Our health educators are busy with advocacy efforts on the field. We are sensitizing our health officers too on preventive measures to adopt.

"We have all the required interventions to contain the situation. Members of the public should remain calm," the commissioner said.

On its part, the company said that its production lines were not shut as the guest house where the Italian was lodged is 5km to the manufacturing plants in Ewekoro.

The Industrial Director, Lafarge Plc, Segun Soyoye, said the Italian came to Lafarge facilities at Ewekoro to inspect some installations of machines bought from a Swedish firm.

Mr Soyoye added that the Italian did not go behind Lafarge guest house at Ishofin estate before he was evacuated having developed abnormal temperatures that suggested he had been infected with Covid-19.

"The Italian came for a business visit. He was in Lagos on Monday and slept at Airport Hotel, Ikeja. Our driver took him there, and when we observed abnormal temperatures and symptoms, we quickly instituted an Emergency Response Team which is led by the Company CEO; we have to find a way of analyzing and identifying not only the Italian but also the other contacts.

"The contacts are now 39 and we...SEE MORE

The captured 39 people must have had contact with another hundred of people I guess .

We shall win this war against the virus that wants to terrorize us in the country with no casualties/deaths on our side. Amen

WHO says the virus is spreading fatter in Africa. Why can't our government just lock up our borders?

Captured..? Were they trying to evade quarantine.

Captured kwa..... As if they are wanted criminals...all this amatuer bloggers abi journalists sef