Opeyemi Adelere
The management of the University of Ibadan has suspended, till further notice, all international conferences to be hosted by the school, as well as foreign travels of staff to contain the spread of Corona Virus, also known as Covid 19.
In the same vein, the university has set up a monitoring committee on the outbreak, according to a statement signed by the Director, University Health Service, Dr. Aderonke Ajavi. The monitoring team is expected to ensure compliance on precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. The new steps were geared toward the prevention of the Corona Virus which has been declared as a pandemic by the World Heath Organisation (WHO).
The university further advised its students and staff against handshakes and body contacts, while faculties and halls of residence were instructed to provide facilities for hand washing, as well as sanitizers.
The statement read: “As part of precautionary measures to prevent members of the university community from contracting Corona Virus (COVID-19), management in consultation with the Director, University Health Service and Director, Infectious Disease Institute, University College Hospital has taken the following measures.
“All international conferences to be hosted by the university have been suspended until further notice. All international travels of staff are suspended until further notice. All incoming and outgoing exchange programmes as well as international visits of professors, foreign partners and collaborators are suspended until further notice.
“All departments, faculties, units, halls of residence, places of worship and other places with a high concentration of people on campus are hereby advised to make provision for or resuscitate facilities for hand washing in the immediate environment in order to encourage routine washing of hands. Adequate signs pointing to such should also be provided.”
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It urged students and members of staff not to panic as preventive measures were being taken to prevent any case of COVID-19 in the university.
“Management is working to complement the recommended preventive measures. A monitoring team will go round to ensure compliance. There is no need for anyone to panic. These are precautionary measures as education on prevention is still considered the major intervention against COVID-19 and similar diseases,” it added.
Also, the institution urged internal programme organisers and individual members of the university community to make use of sanitizer.
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