The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has asked two passengers who had close contact with the index case of coronavirus in Nigeria during his flight to Nigeria to submit themselves to the authorities.
Abayomi said this on Monday during a media briefing on the COVID-19 issue in Lagos.
He said the government was on a search for two male passengers who had direct contact with the index case during his trip on Turkish Airline from Istanbul to Lagos on February 24.
Abayomi said efforts to reach the two individuals had proved abortive, while disclosing their names as Enwelunta Godfrey Obumnore and Salami Abiodun Sodiq.
He said: “We need to contact you.
“Please, get in touch with the Ministry of Health.
“We have tried to reach you through the address you put on your form and through the telephone number you wrote down.
“It is vital that you reach out to us.”
Abayomi advised residents to be calm, while restating government’s commitment to ensure safety and health of all citizens.
Nigeria on February 28 confirmed its first case of COVID-19, making Nigeria the third African country to confirm the virus.
The virus was brought into the country by an Italian citizen who entered Nigeria on February 25 from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit.
The index case was confirmed on February 27, and is presently being managed at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.
The Minister for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, had on March 9 confirmed the second case of COVID-19 in the country, saying the patient had contact with the index case.
