At least 300 students of the Federal
Government Girls’ College in Efon Alaaye, Ekiti
State, are hospitalised after being infected with
a strange disease.
According to reports, parents have already
withdrawing their children from the school as
news of the epidemic spread on Thursday.
It was gathered that the diseased is suspected
to be Cholera, as some of the victims have been
treated and discharged, but a chunk of them
are still being treated.
Symptoms of the disease was said to have
started manifesting on October 10, and
according to the school principal, Grace
Ogunyomi, the case was reported to the state
government but no immediate action was taken
- only routine medical attention was said to
have been provided.
However, the state Governor Ayodele Fayose,
is said to have immediately directed the state
Commissioner for Health, Dr Olurotimi Ojo, to
deploy medical personnel to stop the spread of
the disease.
Mrs. Ojo dismissed reports that the disease is
cholera, he said it was diarrhea.
It was initially believed that the students’ food
must have been contaminated, but it was later
found that the source of the disease was not
from their food.
The Commissioner said, “We alerted the water
corporation to chlorinate their water. They have
about six boreholes and we have got them
chlorinated, because we knew as professionals
that the water could be a source,” he said.
“We are trying to look into their environment,
so that we can get where such could have
broken out. We want to know how they dump
their faeces and how they dump their sewage.
“We have taken the blood samples of students
infected to the hospital and preliminary test
shows that it was not cholera. It was diarrhea
and vomiting. We are sending the samples for
further test to confirm that it was not cholera.”
She assured that there is no cause for alarm as
government would ensure the situation is
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