Africa's most populous country, Nigeria, has enhanced surveillance at its borders and international airports 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 minister 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.
He said the team had commenced operations in Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Seme and Idiroko borders with Republic of Benin.
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.
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