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No major infection in Queens College, LASG assures
The Lagos State Government has assured that there was no major infection or outbreak of edpidemic at the Queens College, Yaba, Lagos, insisting that what happened leading to a scare we’re normal.
The state’s Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi gave the assurance on Sunday after an on the spot assessment of facilities in the school.
The commissioner also expressed satisfaction with the general environment of the school, as well as the state of facilities available for use of students and teachers.
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He said: “I have been into the sick bay and the dormitories; I have interacted with all the girls and we haven’t really seen any evidence of major infection in the school. All the students look very happy and very healthy.
“I am very happy that whatever had happened in the last two or three weeks, we have seen that it has significantly subsided. The sick bay doesn’t have many students in it. We only had two or three cases this morning of cough or cold which is not unexpected,” Abayomi added.
Assuring parents that there was no cause for alarm, Abayomi called on parents and guardians of students who had gone home to return them.
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