The Lagos State government, on Friday said that 181 students and staff of a private boarding school in the Lekki area of Lagos state have tested positive for COVID-19.
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who broke the news, in a statement by the ministry, said 181 students and staff members of a private school located in a suburb of Lekki tested positive to COVID19 during surveillance and case investigation in the school.
Abayomi explained that a student fell ill on the 3rd of October and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.
He however assured Lagosians that the State government has the situation under control, stressing that appropriate steps have been taken to contain the spread and manage the positive cases.
He noted that all parents have been contacted and counseled.
The Commissioner stated that the school authorities, with the support of the State Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education are following the COVID-19 guidelines as set out by the government. According to him, students are to be isolated in the School premises and if unwell will be admitted in one of the accredited isolation centers in Lagos, even as they are discouraged from going home to avoid infecting members of their families.
He added that all the infected students are predominantly asymptomatic while some have very mild symptoms but no student has required hospitalization and members of the Emergency Operation Center in the Ministry of Education have been deployed to the school to provide strategic interventions and support to the school.
The Commissioner reemphasized the need for citizens to practice the highest standard of personal and environmental hygiene, stressing that use of face mask in public places, proper hand washing and hand hygiene practice, and maintaining physical distance will help prevent the spread of the infection.
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