The University of Benin, Edo State, on Monday released the hypothesis that the dangerous Lassa fever has killed one of its student.
The college’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, unveiled this to The PUNCH on the phone.
There had been across the board gossipy tidbits that a last year student of designing kicked the bucket of the infection as of late.
The student was said to be an inhabitant in Hall Three, one of the inns in the Ugbowo grounds of the college.
No less than nine persons have purportedly kicked the bucket in Edo in the wake of getting the Lassa fever infection, a number of whom were said to have reported late for treatment at the Irrua Specialist Hospital.
In any case, Osasuyi clarified that the organization had no record of such an episode at the university therapeutic focus.
The representative, who expressed that the college group was educated around a young lady with an associated case with Lassa fever, which, be that as it may, turned out negative, included that any instance of disease or passing coming about because of the scourge could be checked either at the wellbeing focus or the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
He said, “They recently said that a young lady was gotten and after that, on account of the side effects they saw, they tried her and found that it was not Lassa fever.
“The other talk making the rounds is that a last year understudy of building contracted Lassa fever infection and kicked the bucket, that the individual was staying in Hall Three. Also, there was not at all like that.”
Osaysuyi, in any case, noticed that the administration of the college was at present doing proactive measures to thwart any episode in the organization.
He clarified that a board of trustees had been set up to give the essential introduction to staff and studentes of the university
Lassa fever: UNIBEN releases bits of gossip about student passing
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