FG directs procedures to intensify Ebola Virus check at the airports

Muritala Muhammed International Airport 

The Federal Government had directed that steps should be taken to prevent the Ebola Virus Disease from entering into Nigeria after a fresh outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN has intensified screening of passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with the use of thermal and infrared scanning equipments.

Reports said that equipment has been installed at both the arrival and departure halls of the airport. This is to prevent the disease from spreading into the country.

Regional Manager, MMIA, Victoria Shinaba told newsmen that all the equipments put in place when Ebola hits Nigerian in 2014, have been installed back in the airport.

She said an emergency contingency plan in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, and World Health Organisation, WHO, requirements, had been activated to ensure that any passenger with traces of any communicable disease was quarantined and attended to.

According to her, few weeks ago, a mock exercise was carried out to prepare the relevant personnel on the procedure to adopt in the event of any outbreak of communicable disease.

She added that FAAN would continue to stick to the public health emergency process to ensure that the significant international standards were maintained.