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UNILAG Directs Students To Vacate Hostels Over COVID-19 Scare

The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has ordered all students out of hostels and halls of residence. It also approved commencement of virtual lectures from July 26, 2021 The decisions were taken following fears over third wave of COVID-19 in Lagos, especially recently detected cases in the institution. WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that some unidentified students reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease. Following the development, the vice chancellor Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe had summoned an emergency meeting of the school’s Senate on the development Part of the resolutions reached at the meeting is the need for students to vacate the halls of residence as well as resumption of virtual lectures.