Lafarge Africa Plc says it has identified the persons who had direct contact with the individual who tested positive to Coronavirus in Nigeria.
The company stated this in a statement on Friday by Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, Director, Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainable Development.
Ambrose-Medebem said the company had equally initiated isolation, quarantine and disinfection protocol at its Ewekoro plant.
She said: “As a business, we have immediately identified the persons who had direct contact with the concerned individual.
“The individual concerned works for a vendor that provides services to Lafarge Africa Plc in Ogun State.”
Ambrose-Medebem commended the exemplary leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health and Ogun and Lagos State Governments for swiftly providing response and testing facilities.
She noted that the company was working fully with all the local authorities.
She said: “Lafarge Africa is also working in close partnership with International SOS, our medical service provider, a leading global health company.
“Health and safety remains a core value at Lafarge Africa and we intend to leverage this strength at this critical time.”
The Ministry of Health in Lagos State had confirmed the first case of the disease in Nigeria, which incidentally is the first in West Africa since the outbreak in China in January.
We have identified contact persons with COVID-19 victim – Lafarge Africa
