Some students and officials of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), have tested positive for the coronavirus. This has prompted the shut down of the campus.
Following the development, an emergency board meeting was conducted on Thursday, between association presidents and the school management. It was then decided that the school be closed down and all students be sent home.
This was confirmed by Ademola Adekoya, Head of Centre for Information, Press and Public relations of the Lagos State University.
“Three students of the medical college have been confirmed to be COVID-19 positive and are undergoing treatment,” he said. However, he didn’t reveal the figure of officials who tested positive.
He added that the school has commenced contact tracing, while the other students have been asked to go home and the hostels closed down temporarily. He further said the institution has directed the students to self-isolate for 14 days and if they develop any symptoms, they should present themselves for treatment.
Adekoya further compelled the public not to panic as the college is working overtime to keep the situation under control.
A press release by the student body stated, “Owing to the present reality of the Covid19 we are faced with and after an evident based investigation that some students and College staffs have been confirmed positive of the coronavirus, The Provost has mandated that EVERY student should evacuate the hostel and isolate themselves at home for the next 2weeks effective from Friday 15th January. This was a decision made at an emergency academic board meeting.”
“The Provost advised that any student with likely/ classical symptoms of the virus should fill a form which shall be sent across board in the shortest time possible and the concerned individuals shall be called upon for testing tomorrow whilst they await the results of their test at home,” it read.
It also states that incourses and examinations have been paused for the meantime and a communique containing modalities for school resumption will be circulated after the two weeks isolation period.
“The Provost also reiterated that the college isolation bay shall be set up within this 2 weeks of isolation and complete evacuation of students from the college arena.”
“We strongly encourage everyone to STRICTLY adhere to the Covid19 guidelines as stated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a bid to help mitigate the spread and impact of the deadly virus within and beyond the college arena,” the student union said.
