6 People, Including A Student Test Positive For COVID-19 In Lagos Boarding School

Six people including a student have just being tested positive for COVID-19 in a boarding secondary school in Lagos State.

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The State Government reported this in a statement on Friday, November 6, 2020.

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The statement named ‘Lagos affirms COVID-19 disease in secondary school’ and marked by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Associated Abayomi expressed that means are being taken to contain the spread inside the school.

The statement peruses to a limited extent, “Lagos State Government has affirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the territory.

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“An individual from the school’s staff was affirmed positive for COVID-19 on the second of November.

“Contact following has uncovered that a student and four contacts of the staff part are positive for COVID-19.

“The staff part became sick for a couple of days and got medical aid at the school center. She consequently tried positive for COVID-19 on Monday the second of November at the Lagos State Biobank.”

Abayomi guaranteed individuals from people in general and the school’s partners that the circumstance is totally leveled out.

He added that the Lagos State COVID-19 Incident Command System has started an examination concerning the occurrence.

He stated, “Steps are being taken to contain the spread inside the school and diminish presentation to the external network. All guardians are being reached first through the PTA and a family zoom call is being organized to additionally alleviate their feelings of trepidation.

“Students who test positive are to be secluded in the school premises and, if unwell, will be admitted to one of the certified separations focuses on Lagos. Students are debilitated from returning home to try not to taint individuals from their families.

“Individuals from the Emergency Operation Center Lagos, NCDC, and our partners in the Ministry of Education have been sent in the school to give vital intercessions and backing. These incorporate psychosocial uphold, contamination counteraction control, clinical checking, and danger correspondence specialists to additionally illuminate influenced individuals.”

As of Friday, November 6, 2020, 21,655 instances of the illness have been affirmed in Lagos with around 220 passings recorded.

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