KING’S COLLEGE PRINCIPAL HIGHLIGHTS MEASURES TO CURB SPREAD OF DIPHTHERIA IN SCHOOL
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The Principal (PKC), King’s College, Lagos, Mr Mogaji Zakaria, says the school management has put measures in place to curb the spread and contraction of the diphtheria disease.
Zakaria made this known during an emergency diphtheria vaccination of students at the college’s Annex in Lagos Island on Tuesday.
The vaccination was necessitated by a recent diphtheria outbreak in the school, and was part of the government’s measure and an urgent response to curb the spread of the disease.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vaccination was conducted by the school, in collaboration with the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board through Eti-Osa Local Government.
He said that there were sanitisers and running tap water with soap at strategic positions across the school premises, where students could constantly wash their hands.
PKC said that wearing of nose mask was now compulsory for everyone within the college premises, as all students, including the management staff now wore it.
“There has been improved efforts toward sanitation and cleanliness within the college premises.
“Presently, wearing of nose mask has been made compulsory for everyone within the college, as all students, including the teachers and the management staff now wear, it as part of the measures to prevent contraction of the diphtheria infection,” he said.
Zakaria commended the Lagos State Government for its quick interventions over the outbreak in the school on Saturday.
According to him, the government did not hesitate to give directives for the affected students to be moved to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), where they are receiving treatment.
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