The Ogun State Government has said that two Guineans and one Nigerian are now on Ebola virus disease observation list at Imeko Afon border area of the state.
The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka, said that the three travellers, who were coming from guinea last Friday, were in the process of crossing over to Nigeria from one of the border entry points when they were accosted by the Port Health Services officials.
Dr. Soyinka said that they could not give satisfactory answers to questions asked on whether they had had contact with patients who had contacted the virus.
He added that the Port Health Services later handed them over to the officials of Imeko Afon Local Government.
“They were basically turned back, because they could not convince the authorities that they have not been in close contact with patients who have contacted the virus. They were told that unless they could convince the authorities, they would have to go back or if they were to come to Nigeria, we will have to observe them for a while.
“So they are still under observation, they are not quarantined,” Soyinka said.
Soyinka, however, advised the residents to avoid unnecessary physical contacts and public gathering and travelling to areas where the Ebola epidemic is prevalent among others.
