Confusion ensued at the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife on Tuesday, when a female student of the institution was reported to have contracted the dreaded Ebola Virus.
Preliminary investigation conducted by the management and the institution’s teaching hospital in Ile-Ife revealed that the suspected student had primary contact with an EVD victim in Port Hacourt, Rivers State before returning to the campus early this week.
DailyPost gathered that the student had suddenly taken ill and was rushed to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC) for treatment.
Sources in the institution also said the student confessed to have had primary contact with an EVD victim in Port Harcourt before arriving at the university.
It was learnt that the management of the university had made arrangement and has moved the suspect to Lagos where the state of her health would be determined.
When the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju was contacted, he confirmed the development but asserted that student had been evacuated to Lagos for thorough screening to ascertain if she had actually contacted the dreaded disease or not.
Hear him, “a female student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, 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,” he added