181 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in Lagos private school

181 students, staff test positive for COVID-19 in Lagos private school

- Lagos state government has announced that 181 students of a private boarding in Lekki have tested positive for COVID-19

- Professor Akin Abayomi, the state commissioner of health, made this known on the evening of Friday, October 16

- Abayomi said that a 14-year-old SS1 female student fell ill on October 3 and was sent home after receiving first aid at the school

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A report by The Nation indicates that one hundred and eighty-one students and staff of a private boarding school in Lekki, Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus.

Legit.ng gathered that Lagos commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi, said the cases were discovered during surveillance and case investigation in the school.

The commissioner, while giving details of the investigation, explained that a 14-year-old SS1 female student fell ill on October 3 and was sent home after receiving first aid at the school.

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Lagos state commissioner of health, Professor Akin Abayomi, giving updates on the COVID-19. Credit: Twitter/Akin Abayomi.
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He added that the student subsequently tested positive on October 6 in one of the accredited private labs in Lagos.

Abayomi assured Lagosians that the government, through the incident commands system, has the situation under control, stressing appropriate steps have been taken to contain the spread and manage the positive cases.

He noted all parents have been contacted and counseled via a family zoom call on October 13 to further allay their fears and communication between school authorities and parents continues.

The zoom call was attended by commissioners for Health and Education and all relevant responders and stakeholders.

He said:

“There is a total lockdown and movement restriction in the school with the Epidemiology and Surveillance Pillar of the EOC and Ibeju-Lekki LGA state Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) reporting at the school daily to conduct a further investigation while positive students and staff have been isolated on the premises and given the COVID-19 home-care treatment packs and are being monitored in isolation within the school premises."

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The commissioner stated the school authorities supported by the ministry of health and the ministry of education are following the COVID-19 guidelines as set out by the government.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the federal government has deployed 60,000 Environmental Health Emergency Volunteer Corps (EHEVC) to cover all 774 local government areas of Nigeria.

It was reported that the minister of environment, Mohammad Abubakar, made this known while briefing journalists on the safe post-COVID-19 re-opening of schools on Monday, October 5, in Abuja.

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