Reports coming from Ghana confirms that four KumasiAcademy students who died over the last few days died of
Influenza Type A popularly referred to as Swine Flu.
Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu has said 12 out of
the 19 cases sent to the Noguchi Memorial Institute has
tested positive for the virus.
The Minister said the Influenza type A has the H1N1
Pandemic strain and at least 44 Kumasi Academy students
were rushed to various hospitals in Kumasi in the Ashanti
Region in what was initially suspected to be an outbreak of
meningitis.
The students complained of "fever-like conditions" at the
school's clinic as organised chaos broke out in the school
when parents and guardians rushed to pick their wards
home fearing the worst may happen to them.
School authorities, Regional Minister as well as the Regional
Health authorities appealed to the guardians to bring back
their children to be administered with some antibiotics.
There were fears the students may transmit whatever virus
they may have contracted to their families and close
relations. Some of the parents were said to have brought
back their wards.
In the midst of the chaos samples were taken from the
affected students and sent to the Noguchi Memorial
Institute, the country's medical research institute to ascertain
what may have caused the deaths.
The Health Minister reiterated that students who were sent
home must immediately return so the vaccination will be
administered to them.
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