VIDEO: UNILAG STUDENTS VACATING THE HOSTEL

University of Lagos students vacates the hostel following the Vice Chancellor's directive to leave the school premises due to high rate of COVID 19 cases.

It said it would resume virtual (online) lectures from July 26 as a result of the development.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, summoned an emergency meeting on Tuesday with the Senate to deliberate on ensuring that the case does not escalate on campus.

The Director of Students Affairs, Prof. Ademola Adeleke, said in a statement that to check the spread of COVID-19 on campus, the university Senate directed that all students to vacate halls of residence latest by noon yesterday (Wednesday).

Video:

The university had recently been affected by the potential third wave, with an increase in the number of patients treated

at the University of Lagos Medical Centre

with flu-like symptoms, which are similar

to COVID-19.