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Nigeria, has enhanced surveillance in Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Seme and Idiroko borders with Republic of Benin to monitor all entries into the country after a nine-year-old American girl tested positive in the south western city of Lagos.

Lagos state Commissioner for health Jide Idris said Monday that surveillance teams were deployed at all border crossings to control inter-border spread of the H1N1 virus besides the state government has set up a combined surveillance team with the federal government.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of health said there is no cause for alarm as the American girl has recovered fully from H1N1 after five days of treatment. Health Minister Dr Babatunde Osotimehin said the father, brother, all school contacts and every other person around the girl have been tested and none tested positive to H1N1 flu.

The World Health Organisation has earmarked the sum of $1.02b to fight the spread of the swine flu virus, even as the Nigerian delegation attending the 62^nd World Health Assembly in Geneva requested for the assistance of the body and the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish more laboratories that can detect the Influenza A H1N1 virus and strengthen existing ones. (more…)

Nigeria News: Swine flu in Nigeria

The management of the Nigeria Ports Authority has issues guidelines to prevent the spread of swine flu to Nigeria

No case of the global epidemic is yet recorded in Nigeria

The organisation has provided safety equipment like nose masks and hand gloves to its marine pilots, which are to be replaced within two hours.

The workers have also been advised to take such preventive measures as staying away from crowds when feeling sick, eat well, embark on exercises and maintain good sleeping habits.

Workers of the organisation were also advised to avoid international travels to countries affected by the scourge while those who have embarked on such trips in recent time and have such symptoms as sore throat, stuffy nose, fatigue, headache and body aches are advised to report at the hospital without delay

Henceforth all ship crew from flu infested countries would have to be screened just as vessels from such countries would be fumigated on arrival.

To prevent the spread of the disease in Nigeria all seafarers arriving on board their vessel into the country would place on quarantine at quarantine stations to isolate any victim while all garbage from such vessel would incinerated

All terminal operators have already been instructed on appropriate personal protective equipment to provide for their employees and dockworkers that may likely be in contact with vessels and crew