Nigerian health authorities are in the process of tracing more than 30,000 people who could be at risk of contracting Ebola, after the virus surfaced in Lagos.
The authorities have confirmed that a Liberian man who died in Lagos last Friday tested positive for Ebola, Reuters reported.
After the discovery, the hospital that dealt with Nigeria's first known Ebola victim was closed.
Professor Sunday Omilabu, from Lagos University Teaching Hospital, told Reuters the health authorities are now tracing everyone who may have had contact with the victim.
"We've been making contacts. We now have information about the manifest. We have information about who and who were around. So, as I'm talking, our teams are in the facility, where they've trained the staff, and then they (are) now asking questions about those that were closely in contact with the patient," said Professor Omilabu.
'We're actually looking at contacting over 30,000 people in this very scenario. Because any and everybody that has contacted this person is going to be treated as a suspect," said Yewande Adeshina, a public health adviser.
Nigeria's government has implemented a state of "red alert" at all border crossings and initiated a media campaign to alert the public.
Officials say that the nation's healthcare system is equipped to deal with any outbreak and that medical staff are properly trained.
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