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Staff, Students Test Positive for Covid-19 in Lagos School

Written by Akeem Alao

The Lagos State Government has disclosed that not less than five members of staff and a student have tested positive for COVID-19 in a secondary school in the State.

This was disclosed in a statement titled, ‘Lagos confirms COVID_19 infection in secondary school’ and signed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday November 6, 2020.

“Lagos State Government has confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland,” the statement reads.

It adds that a member of the school’s staff was also confirmed positive for COVID-19 on the 2nd of November.

“Contact tracing has revealed that a student and four contacts of the staff member are positive for COVID-19

“The staff member fell ill for a few days and received first aid at the school clinic. She subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday 2nd of November at the Lagos State Biobank,” the statement adds.

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Akeem Alao

Akeem Alao trained as a language teacher. He graduated from Adeniran Ogunsanya college of Education where he studied English/Yoruba Languages and Ekiti State University where he obtained a degree in English Education.

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