A female student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has allegedly contacted the deadly Ebola virus.
Though the management of the school
initially denied the development but the Oyo State Commissioner for
Health, Dr. Temitope Ilori, confirmed the report, saying the sick
student had been moved to the isolation ward in Lagos.
initially denied the development but the Oyo State Commissioner for
Health, Dr. Temitope Ilori, confirmed the report, saying the sick
student had been moved to the isolation ward in Lagos.
According to Ilori, the student had
confessed having contact with the late Port Harcourt doctor, Iyke
Enemuo, who died of the EVD after he secretly treated an infected ECOWAS
diplomat, Olu-Ibukun Koye, in a hotel in the Rivers State capital.
confessed having contact with the late Port Harcourt doctor, Iyke
Enemuo, who died of the EVD after he secretly treated an infected ECOWAS
diplomat, Olu-Ibukun Koye, in a hotel in the Rivers State capital.
“I was told that a student of the
OAU who had contact with the doctor who died of the Ebola virus in Port
Harcourt walked into the health centre when she was sick.
OAU who had contact with the doctor who died of the Ebola virus in Port
Harcourt walked into the health centre when she was sick.
“She was said to have told doctors at
the health centre that she had contact with the Port Harcourt doctor
and was put under surveillance but she said she tested negative that
time.
the health centre that she had contact with the Port Harcourt doctor
and was put under surveillance but she said she tested negative that
time.
“Now she returned to the OAU to
continue with her studies and was sick. She was said to have walked to
the health centre and told them everything about her contact with the
doctor.
continue with her studies and was sick. She was said to have walked to
the health centre and told them everything about her contact with the
doctor.
“Her blood sample has been taken for another test in Lagos and we
are awaiting the result. We pray she is not positive but she has been
isolated at the health centre.” he said.
The University management also released a new a statement signed by
the Public Relations of the university, Mr. Biodun Olarewaju late on
Tuesday.
The statement reads “A female student of the OAU, Ile-Ife who
is suspected to be a secondary contact of the Ebola Virus Disease in
Port-Harcourt, presented sick at the University Health Centre.“After
a clinical assessment by the Ebola Surveillance Preparedness and
Response Committee of the University, the authorities thereafter
contacted the State Ministry of Health, the Federal Ministry of Health
and the World Health Organisation(WHO).
“The female suspected secondary Ebola contact has since been
evacuated to the appropriate facility in Lagos for further
investigations to confirm her status.”
While emphasising that the student illness was not a confirmed
Ebola case, Olarewaju said appropriate preventive and protective
measures have been taken.
He added, “In the meantime, the National team and the World
Health Organisation team on Ebola Control have promptly decontaminated
the University Health Centre despite the fact that the case is yet to be
confirmed.
“The University authorities wish to emphasise the fact that the
case is not a confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease and therefore
request all members of the University Community to remain calm as the
situation is fully under control.”
is suspected to be a secondary contact of the Ebola Virus Disease in
Port-Harcourt, presented sick at the University Health Centre.“After
a clinical assessment by the Ebola Surveillance Preparedness and
Response Committee of the University, the authorities thereafter
contacted the State Ministry of Health, the Federal Ministry of Health
and the World Health Organisation(WHO).
“The female suspected secondary Ebola contact has since been
evacuated to the appropriate facility in Lagos for further
investigations to confirm her status.”
While emphasising that the student illness was not a confirmed
Ebola case, Olarewaju said appropriate preventive and protective
measures have been taken.
He added, “In the meantime, the National team and the World
Health Organisation team on Ebola Control have promptly decontaminated
the University Health Centre despite the fact that the case is yet to be
confirmed.
“The University authorities wish to emphasise the fact that the
case is not a confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease and therefore
request all members of the University Community to remain calm as the
situation is fully under control.”