INTELS donates isolation centres at Onne port, Rivers State

INTELS Nigeria Limited has donated two facilities to the Port Health Services (PHS) of the Federal Ministry of Health to serve as isolation centres at the Onne Port in Rivers State.

Besides, it has donated two facilities to the Port Health Services (PHS) of the Federal Ministry of Health to serve as isolation centres at Onne Port, Rivers State.

INTELS General Manager, Legal and Corporate Services, Amaopusenibo Mike Epelle, while handing over one of the centers, said the isolation centres, located at the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) and Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT), Onne Port, were donated to quarantine suspected cases of Coronavirus discovered by the Port Health Services on visiting vessels.

“We have not recorded any case of the COVID-19 infection here at Onne Port so far, but that is not to say that we should become complacent. We commend the Federal and Rivers State Governments’ efforts aimed at protecting the public health. These isolation centres are part of our own support to complement the efforts of the government to stop the spread of the disease,” Epelle said.

He added that the second isolation centre at the FOT would be ready soon, saying, “INTELS is following strict work place safety measures outlined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Port Health Services in ensuring the safety of its workers in its areas of operations at Onne, Warri, Calabar and Lagos.