Yesterday, Tension entered the whole Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Campus when it was discovered that a student of the institution was infected by Ebola Virus.
The victim is reportedly contacted the disease from late Port Harcourt Doctor, Iyke Enemuo who recently died of the the disease.
Report has made it known that the female student admitted she actually had contact with the late Doctor.
The Commissioner of Health, Dr Temitope Ilori said "the female student had been put in the isolation ward".
“I was told that a student of the OAU who had contact with the doctor who died of the Ebola virus in Port Harcourt walked into the health centre when she was sick. Ilori Continued
“She was said to have told doctors at the health centre that she had contact with the Port Harcourt doctor and was put under surveillance but she said she tested negative that time.
“Now she returned to the OAU to continue with her studies and was sick. She was said to have walked to the health centre and told them everything about her contact with the doctor.
“Her blood sample has been taken for another test in Lagos and we are awaiting the result. We pray she is not positive but she has been isolated at the health centre.” Ilori Concluded.
