OAU Ebola Scare: Student Confesses Contact With Dead PH Doctor
The update on the Ebola Virus Scare that is rocking Obafemi Awolowo University is that the student in question has been quarantined and confesses to have had contact with the late Port Harcourt doctor, Iyke Enemuo, who died of the EVD. Although the authorities of OAU has allayed the fears of students, here is the latest update on the issue of Ebola virus in OAU.
OAU student quarantined, confesses contact with Enemuo
The commissioner of Health, Dr. Temitope Ilori, said the female student had been put in the isolation ward.
Ilori said, “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.
“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.
“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.
“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.”
OAU Vice Chancellor speaks on Ebola Virus talks on campus
To ensure calmness in the institution, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Bamitale Omole, urged students to desist from spreading rumours about EVD.
He spoke during the 52nd matriculation ceremony for 5,608 newly-admitted students of OAU on Tuesday.
He said, “A current issue of concern to us as an institution, which is also related to the judicious use of the facilities in the halls of residence, is maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene to halt the spread of EVD. The virus, which is not airborne, spreads through bodily fluids such as blood, sweat, urine, saliva and vomit. We should all co-operate to halt the spread of this disease by arming ourselves with adequate information about the disease and avoid spreading false rumours that certainly can cause fear and panic.
“A committee of experts had been set up in the university and it will step up its sensitisation and enlightenment campaign about the symptoms, modes of transmission and preventive measures of the disease.” [Excerpts: PunchNG]
We hope and pray Ebola Virus does not find it’s way into institutions of learning as this will prove to be a disaster. We will keep you updated as events unfold on this matter.
