Seven students of Government
Girls’ College, Doma, Gombe state, have tested positive for COVID-19.
The federal government had
permitted schools to reopen partially on August 4 for graduating classes to
write their examinations.
Speaking on Wednesday, Habu
Dahiru, commissioner for education, said the government had conducted 1,100
tests on the final-year students following their resumption.
On Monday, an unnamed student of
Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in the state wrote his first paper
for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from the
isolation centre.
The commissioner said the seven
new patients are also candidates writing the WASSCE.
“We gave preference to students
returning from epicentre states like Kaduna, Kano, Yobe and Lagos; those places
that have registered high cases of COVID-19. So far, we have tested 1,100
cases, out of which the first case from Government Science Secondary School,”
Dahiru said.
“He was immediately evacuated and
isolated. He has written his first paper, Mathematics, and he is writing
Agricultural Science today. It will be demoralising for him if we don’t allow
him to write his exams.
“The government of Gombe state
under the leadership of governor Inuwa Yahaya said all students found to be
positive for the virus should be taken care of.
“We have identified another set
of students. We only got the results yesterday. Seven of them have been found
to test positive for the virus. We are making arrangements to evacuate them to
the isolation centre.
“We will not allow them to miss
their papers because they tested positive. The testing became easier because
the governor approved N120 million to establish a molecular laboratory. The
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has certified it and we have started testing
in earnest.
“The samples taken from schools
were tested here in Gombe at the molecular lab and results were shared. We
quickly went to the school to identify the seven students and kept them aside.”
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