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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria says it has detected and picked up greater than 95 per cent of travellers who had excessive fever suspected to be signs of the dreaded Ebola virus.
The travellers have been detected on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
According to the airport regulatory physique, different related businesses have been teamed up with, with a view to successfully guarding towards the illness.
Dr Adamu Adamu, FAAN’s Head of Medical, revealed these throughout a media tour of the Abuja airport.
Hundreds of passengers and crew members on-board Emirates Airlines, together with the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, have been screened with the thermal digital camera and hand temperature detector in the course of the tour.
“In this airport, we have a public health emergency contingency plan that we developed in conjunction with the Port Health Services of the Ministry of Health and our partners, Pro-Health International. I am sure you are all aware of the outbreak of Ebola in Congo, which has moved from the rural areas, where it started, towards Kinshasa,” Adamu mentioned.
“Because Kinshasa is a hub, it has become a serious concern and the world is probably in trouble. Right now, the World Health Organization has not declared public health emergency of international concern over the case, but Nigeria has to be proactive because of our previous experience.”
He additionally mentioned, “What we're doing isn't an Ebola scan; we're scanning for prime temperature fever in order that once we uncover any passenger with excessive temperature, we shortly take that particular person for correct checks. We don’t wish to scare individuals, as a result of there isn't a trigger for alarm. We need individuals to return to us in the event that they really feel sick or if they think anybody to be sick.
“We are looking at the temperature scan. We are also looking at the travel history of passengers. We have sanitisers that have been positioned in strategic areas so that passengers who are coming into Nigeria will have facilities to clean up their hands. I can assure you that over 95 per cent of people that come to this airport with high fever are detected and picked up.”