A candidate who tested positive for COVID-19 in Gombe State wrote his second paper in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination under close monitoring on Tuesday.
The unnamed student of Gombe Senior Secondary School, Gombe, was transported to his school laboratory in an ambulance from his isolation centre to enable him to write his Chemistry practical examination.
The Gombe State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre disclosed these via its Twitter handle, @GombePHEOC, on Tuesday.
InsideOjodu had reported that the centre had on Monday announced that the candidate who tested positive to the virus on Sunday wrote his first examination, Mathematics, from his isolation centre.
The message read, “COVID-19 cannot stop our positive student from writing the practical Chemistry today.
“We ensured that; he was transported under IPC to the Chemistry laboratory in his school.
“The invigilator was counselled and given Personal Protective Equipment and the laboratory was decontaminated afterwards.”
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The tweet attracted commendation from many Twitter users including the Director-General, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu.
Ihekweazu, who was one of those tagged, responded via his Twitter handle, @Chikwe_I.
He wrote, “Good work by our colleagues in #Gombe.
“There are many exceptional colleagues, quietly pushing to make or country work. #Thankyou #keeppushing.”