The increasing COVID-19 cases calls for caution and proactive actions which includes a review of the mode of teaching and learning, the university noted.Following the loss of three of the institution’s professors to the rampaging coronavirus pandemic within days, authorities at thehave announced the adoption of a blended mode of teaching on the campus for the rest of the ongoing second semester examination.
The decision was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Olubunmi Faluyi, a copy of whichThough the university did not confirm the cause of the death of the three dons, findings by this newspaper indicated that they died of the pandemic. The statement, however, confirmed the increasing number of coronavirus cases at both the main campus of the university, its college of medicine and college hospital.One of the late professors, David Olaleye, was a key part of the Oyo State COVID-19 task force and the head of the clinical virology laboratory where COVID-19 tests are being conducted in the state.
Sources, who did not want to be quoted, told this newspaper that the result of a laboratory test that confirmed that Mr Olaleye was positive, was only received after his demise.Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State commisrated the family of the late Mr Olaleye, saying he served the state and humanity while he was alive.