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DIPHTHERIA SCARE: LAGOS GOVT ROLLS OUT EMERGENCY VACCINATION AT KING’S COLLEGE, LAGOS

… Officials Inspect School Facilities, Urge Calm Among Parents

… Students, Staff Receives Vaccination as Part of Containment Efforts

In a swift response to the recent diphtheria outbreak at King’s College Annexe, Victoria Island, the Lagos State Government has commenced an emergency vaccination exercise to curb the spread of the highly contagious disease and safeguard public health. The vaccination campaign aims to protect students, staff, and the wider school community while reinforcing public health measures to prevent further infections.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who led a delegation of top government officials, including the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Kemi Ogunyemi, and the Permanent Secretary, Lagos Health District III, Dr. Monsurat Adeleke to the school for a comprehensive assessment situation and to oversee the vaccination exercise emphasized the urgency of the intervention.

[b]“We were very concerned about what’s going on at King’s College Annexe – an outbreak of diphtheria fever that has been ongoing for about ten days. Unfortunately, the first case led to a tragic loss. However, since identifying the outbreak, we have screened affected students, placed them on antibiotics and anti-serum, and I am pleased to report that all those receiving treatment are doing well,” [/b]he stated.

Prof. Akin Abayomi in company of government delegation, school management, PTA executives and some of the school alumni association inspected critical facilities within the school, including the dormitories, classrooms, kitchen, dining hall, sanitary areas, and waste disposal units as part of containment measures.

While noting that the objective of the inspection tour was to evaluate risk factors and enforce improvements to sanitary conditions to reduce the chances of bacterial transmission, the Commissioner highlighted the role of crowded and poorly ventilated environments in the spread of diphtheria, which is transmitted via airborne droplets.

“This disease thrives in crowded environments with poor ventilation. We have spoken with the school authorities to ensure proper spacing between students, improve airflow in classrooms and dormitories, and enhance access to clean water. These are fundamental to halting transmission,” he explained.

He [/b]disclosed that a key element of the intervention is the emergency vaccination campaign, targeting students with parental consent as well as all staff .

[b]“Normally, every child is vaccinated against diphtheria as part of routine immunization, but over time, immunity can weaken. That’s why we are here today to ister booster shots. The vaccine will strengthen their immune response, preventing further spread,” Prof. Abayomi stated.

He added that the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board has deployed medical teams to carry out the vaccinations, ensuring that all eligible students receive protection, noting also that vaccination at the main campus in Igbosere is also planned, given the movement of students and staff between the two locations.

Prof. Abayomi strongly advised parents against withdrawing their children from school, warning that premature exits could compromise containment efforts. “We understand parents’ concerns, but removing students could lead to further spread. A child may appear well but still be incubating the bacteria. If they leave, they risk infecting family or the wider community. Right now, the school is almost functioning as an isolation center with professional care on-site. It’s safer for them to remain here,” he assured.

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Good, prevention is better than cure

Staying a well ventilated environment and being hydrated is key in this period of heat wave.

diphtheria is a disease that should have disappear from Nigeria long ago but you and me know how things be

Diphtheria is a diseases easily prevented by a vaccine.

The outbreak may be linked to an individual that may have not been properly vaccinated as a child.

See lagos when Dem build...crowded, dirty, filthy, congested place. Govt, it's time to open other sea ports. Lagos needs freedom.

Lagos need proper sanitation

Covid-19 pro-max

Lockdown in disguise.
But don't, everyone will be alright at last.




Tinubu, a bad man with good intentions.

Mumus above wan feel among. The worst thing the internet has done is providing every imbe a platform to yarn dust.

Skty:
See lagos when Dem build...crowded, dirty, filthy, congested place. Govt, it's time to open other sea ports. Lagos needs freedom.

its too early to be bitter nwokem….btw maybe if you and your generation of displaced economic migrants stay back in your barren region, maybe Lagos won’t be dirty and crowded with your dirty tribesmen

kelvindj98:
Mumus above wan feel among. The worst thing the internet has done is providing every imbe a platform to yarn dust.

But I see no difference between you and these imbe.

This guy is probably one of the commissioner for health a Nigerian state ever had.

He is even doing better than the Minister of health.

Takes back to COVID-19.
You will think Lagos was another country inside Nigeria and he was another minister of health

The outbreak of diphtheria in Kings college started late last year. And there is more than one casualty. I lost my nephew in December last year to the same Diphtheria in King's college. He was only 12 years old. The school failed to inform his parents when he was sick. It was a cleaner in the school who alerted his sister to come pick him up. It was too late by then.

Skty:
See lagos when Dem build...crowded, dirty, filthy, congested place. Govt, it's time to open other sea ports. Lagos needs freedom.

Are you just d*mb or stewpeed?
Which one?
Have you ever been to Kings college?

Oritna94:
The outbreak of diphtheria in Kings college started late last year. And there is more than one casualty. I lost my nephew in December last year to the same Diphtheria in King's college. He was only 12 years old. The school failed to inform his parents when he was sick. It was a cleaner in the school who alerted his sister to come pick him up. It was too late by then.

woww..my alma mata. pls accept my condolences. Congestion is always a problem in secondary schools... like KC & indeed Lag.

The Yoruba and ibo pigs will soon come and turn this thread upside down with their stupidity. Dirty useless pigs
two cursed tribes pigs!

Skty:
See lagos when Dem build...crowded, dirty, filthy, congested place. Govt, it's time to open other sea ports. Lagos needs freedom.

Your mothers hiding under the bed every Monday need freedom, you worthless Biafran bush slave.

Skty:
See lagos when Dem build...crowded, dirty, filthy, congested place. Govt, it's time to open other sea ports. Lagos needs freedom.

The worst of Lagos is better than the best of your shithole.

I just hope the school has been temporarily locked down at least till the disease condition in the school environment has been controlled to curb the spread and proper prevention is in place.

Ibst:
Good, prevention is better than cure

Must we always wait till there's casualties before we take action?

that school is very dirty. very sad you lost your relative. they have neglected that place

Oritna94:
The outbreak of diphtheria in Kings college started late last year. And there is more than one casualty. I lost my nephew in December last year to the same Diphtheria in King's college. He was only 12 years old. The school failed to inform his parents when he was sick. It was a cleaner in the school who alerted his sister to come pick him up. It was too late by then.

so he waited until an outbreak to act and out call him one of the best

EXOUSIAng:
This guy is probably one of the commissioner for health a Nigerian state ever had.

He is even doing better than the Minister of health.

Takes back to COVID-19.
You will think Lagos was another country inside Nigeria and he was another minister of health

frog12:
so he waited until an outbreak to act and out call him one of the best

So what were you doing expecting him to have done before the outbreak.
Do you have sense at all?

Your brain doesn't tell you that you can't do anything about things like this?

Why didn't the greatest countries in the world prevent COVID-19 before it broke out?

lagos is a dirty place. shouldn't he look for dirty areas to sanitise?
king's college has been neglected for a long time. that place is very dirty.
the signs of the outbreak was there. dirty place and drinking water no good o..na cholera and diphtheria you go get

EXOUSIAng:


So what were you doing expecting him to have done before the outbreak.
Do you have sense at all?

Your brain doesn't tell you that you can't do anything about things like this?

Why didn't the greatest countries in the world prevent COVID-19 before it broke out?

Oritna94:
The outbreak of diphtheria in Kings college started late last year. And there is more than one casualty. I lost my nephew in December last year to the same Diphtheria in King's college. He was only 12 years old. The school failed to inform his parents when he was sick. It was a cleaner in the school who alerted his sister to come pick him up. It was too late by then.

Sorry for the losss of a king... Honour to the dead..

FLOREAT to the lost king..

KemoSabe:

woww..my alma mata. pls accept my condolences. Congestion is always a problem in secondary schools... like KC & indeed Lag.

FLOREAT...
Nutured on her classroom in our early youth...

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ProudlyLagos:
its too early to be bitter nwokem….btw maybe if you and your generation of displaced economic migrants stay back in your barren region, maybe Lagos won’t be dirty and crowded with your dirty tribesmen

Is it not your kinsmen from Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti etc that have abandoned their villages for rats and lizards and ran to Lagos?

Was the last outbreak of cholera in Lagos not as a result of using dirty water to washing food eaten by your dirty kinsmen?
Was the last food poisoning incident not as a result of expired Amala which is a staple amongst your people?

yahoodetector:


Is it not your kinsmen from Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti etc that have abandoned their villages for rats and lizards and ran to Lagos?

Was the last outbreak of cholera in Lagos not as a result of using dirty water to washing food eaten by your dirty kinsmen?
Was the last food poisoning incident not as a result of expired Amala which is a staple amongst your people?

pained ipob mofo Lagos is yorubaland and so is Ogun, oyo and ekiti, but we know the cursed economic migrants from Alaibo are dirty pigs

We have nothing in common with okoro we don’t even share border, but your obsession with Lagos yorubaland have made you all so shameless that you can even deny your Osu heritage just to claim yorubaland🤣🤣🤣shameless pigs….btw proudly Lagos, now you can increase your cry🤣🤣

pquaver:

Sorry for the losss of a king... Honour to the dead..
FLOREAT to the lost king..

SERVICE to the LIVING, HONOUR TO THE DEAD,,,,

ProudlyLagos:
its too early to be bitter nwokem….btw maybe if you and your generation of displaced economic migrants stay back in your barren region, maybe Lagos won’t be dirty and crowded with your dirty tribesmen

If only yaribas will be wise enough to know that there are over 300 tribes apart from Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, Nigeria will be a better place. But they are too fuollish for that. They drink eat,think, breath Igbo. Igbo is not ur problem. I'm a Nigerian but not igbo. Thanks