Anxiety mounts over the index patient of Coronavirus in Nigeria, aviation and health authorities are combing the manifest of passengers on the Turkish Airlines aircraft that flew the Italian into Nigeria.
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The Federal Airports Authorities of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Port Health Services and National Centre of Disease Control, according to sources , are profiling the passengers on the same flight as the index patient with a view to tracking them for necessary tests.
The airlines is said to be cooperating with government agencies on the matter.
A source said the Ministry of Aviation will update Nigerians on the findings of the agencies in due course.
Meanwhile, FAAN said it will continue to scale up screening activities for both in bound and out bound passengers at airports nationwide.
Besides, anxiety has enveloped workers at airports on the discovery of the first index patience of Coronavirus.
Screening has intensified for passengers arriving from with South East Asia countries and others countries with reported patients of Coronavirus.
An immigration official said search light is being beamed on passengers with visas to affected countries.
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