The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) issued an alert to airline operators last week in order to guard against flying Ebola-infested passengers into Nigeria. The directive was based on the World Health Organization (WHO's) declaration of the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). In line with WHO's declaration, NCAA has asked all airline operators in Nigeria to exercise a high level of vigilance to ensure that Ebola-infected passengers are not brought into Nigeria.
The spokesman of NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, said the directive was contained in a letter signed by the NCAA Director General, Capt. Muhtar Usman, to all airline operators asking them to report to Air Traffic Control any suspected case of communicable disease on board their flight.
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