The Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region will today, December 11, 2017 undergo “massive” fumigation exercise as part of efforts to purge it of the H1N1 Virus which has claimed the lives of four students.
The move comes after the Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Manu announced Thursday December 7 that the mysterious deaths recorded at the school were caused by Influenza H1N1 2009 strain.
The announcement comes after the Nogouchi Memorial Institute confirmed the existence of the virus after conducting 19 tests on the samples sent to it for examination.
A private firm, OSCAPA Ventures Sunday, December 10 dispatched its staff and resources to the academy for a fumigation exercise expected to contain the spread of the virus.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of OSCAPA Ventures, Oscar Osei Apau, the fumigation exercise will be followed by a clean up exercise.
“It will be for only cleaning…because we want to tide up the place before we come here finally on Tuesday for the main general cleaning which is the scrubbing and the application of disinfectant as well for the bathhouses, toilets and any other place we consider,” he told Ultimate FM.
Akufo-Addo exposed
Mr. Agyemang-Manu revealed Friday December 8 that president Akufo-Addo was exposed to the H1N1 virus.
According to him, the president came into contact with the deadly virus when he visited the school last weekend as the school marked its 60th anniversary.
“The President was exposed to the H1N1 disease but he has not been infected,” Dr. Agyemang-Manu told Accra-based Joy FM Friday.
“When we realised that he went there on Saturday without stopping him, we alerted his doctor and I think the President is in a very good condition.
“Between Friday and Saturday, nobody would have thought that this was the situation that we were going to go through. So I must admit that we put the president at risk,” Agyeman-Manu added.
H1N1 alert
The Ghana Health Service issued an alert over the outbreak of Swine Flu (H1N1) in the country following the death of four students at the Kumasi Academy last week.
In a statement, the Ghana Health Service said during the outbreak, some parents took their exposed children home from school. This move could expose the students to anyone that they may come into contact with and transmission may be on course.
The Ghana Health Service is therefore cautioning the public to be on the alert.
Source:StarrFMonline.com