Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, who stated this yesterday while addressing teachers and heads of schools at the Eko FM ground, Agidingbi in Ikeja said the state government postponed the resumption of schools earlier slated for September 22 to October 8 to put some preventive measures in place.
She said some of the preventive and infection control mechanisms being put in place include the training of teachers and focal persons for each schools on EVD prevention, procurement and distribution of thermoscans; a device for checking temperature.
According to her, the measures put in place also include production and distribution of information, education and enlightenment materials including posters and handbills on EVD and hand washing to schools and mobilising heads of schools on how to source and make water available in their respective schools.
Adeshina stated that the state government had data on the availability of water in public schools across the state, stressing that temporary measures were being put in place by the state government on the provision of water in schools with no water.
Provision of water tanks, water tanks’ stands, coloured and transparent bucket, and distribution of N5,000 to schools without water for the temporary purchase of water for use in the schools have also been actualised.
She hinted that the state government would include ‘a hand washing’ class in the school curriculum to encourage practical session on hand washing in a bid to inculcate the culture of hand washing and ensure high standard of personal hygiene in pupils.
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