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Nearly 200 at school in Nigeria's Lagos test positive for COVID-19: health officials

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<p>LAGOS - A total of 181 students and staff at a private boarding school in the Nigerian capital Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus, state health authorities said on Friday.</p><p>Authorities said there had been a &quot;minor but significant&quot; outbreak among the 441 staff and students at the school in the suburb of Lekki and said most of the now-quarantined positive cases were asymptomatic.</p><p>Lagos state Commissioner for Health Akin Abayomi said in a statement posted on Twitter that the cases came to light after a 14-year-old girl fell sick on Oct. 3. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 6, prompting state health authorities to launch an investigation.</p><p>&quot;Positive students and staff have been isolated on the premises … and are being monitored in isolation within the school premises,&quot; Abayomi said.</p><p>He said authorities had taken steps to contain the spread of the virus, and were discouraging any students from going home, lest they infect family members.</p><p>Nigeria has confirmed a total 60,982 cases of COVID-19 and 1,116 deaths linked to the disease.</p><p>The government announced early this month that federal government schools could reopen from Oct. 12, while schools run by states and private owners could open on their own timetables, following a steady decline in the rate of infections in Nigeria. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O7Fht_n_cPE?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>LAGOS - A total of 181 students and staff at a private boarding school in the Nigerian capital Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus, state health authorities said on Friday.</p>

LAGOS - A total of 181 students and staff at a private boarding school in the Nigerian capital Lagos have tested positive for coronavirus, state health authorities said on Friday.