COVID-19: Several Students Contract Virus In Osun School Of Nursing

No fewer than 15 students of Osun State School of Nursing and Midwifery, Osogbo have contacted Coronavirus.

According to report, a student in the school hostel, last week tested positive for the COVID-19.

This development has pushed the management of the school to mandate a compulsory COVID-19 test for all the students.

It was gathered that at the weekend, about five students were discharged from the Isolation centre.

Meanwhile, some of the students are still expecting their COVID-19 result while those who have tested positive has been moved to Isolation centre, a source told Newsmen.

State government react

The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu confirmed that some students tested positive to COVID-19 in the school.

While reacting to the report, Isamotu said that few students contacted the virus and declined to give the figures.

He said, “Just like anybody else, a few students tested positive. So, few students tested positive, not many. I can assure you.”

The State Government, however, had called on residents of the state, especially those with traits of sickness, to go for COVID-19 test as the number of coronavirus cases in the state increases.