The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) has asked its medical students to leave the premises after several doctors and students tested positive for COVID-19.
According to a source who craved anonymity, at least 15 doctors and an unconfirmed number of students have tested positive so far.
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The source also said that doctors working in the institution’s holding bay and treatment centre for COVID-19 have not been paid for five months.
Lagos state is the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria with over 37,000 cases recorded as of Thursday evening.
More than 240 people have been confirmed dead as a result of the disease in the state.
