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Dangote Industries Limited has confirmed reports that an Indian staff of a contractor working at its fertilizer plant in Lagos had been quarantined over suspected coronavirus infection.
The company confirmed the development in a statement this evening.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the suspected case arrived Nigeria from Mumbai via Cairo, Egypt on March 13.
He had reportedly complained of fever, dry cough and difficulty in breathing when he reported for work yesterday.
The statement by the company reads, “The attention of the management of Dangote Industries Limited has been drawn to a flash report of a suspected case of personnel currently being kept in isolation at the Mainland hospital, Yaba, Lagos.
“we will like to state that an Indian national who is a staff of Onshore Construction Company-a mechanical, electrical and instrumentation contracting firm that specialises in fertilizer construction reported at the site clinic complaining of high temperature and fever.
“His complaint triggered our Protocols which necessitated further screening and isolation immediately.
“Mr. Akhil Kunyil of the Health and Safety Environment of the Onshore Company reported the development to the management following which local authorities were contacted. The patient was immediately conveyed to the Lagos Mainland Hospital Center, where he is currently being isolated and undergoing tests.”
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