Twelve out of 16 students of the Kintampo Senior High School (SHS), suspected to have contracted the H1N1 virus, have tested positive after undergoing screening at the Kintampo Municipal Health Directorate.
Blood samples of all the 16 students were taken to Accra for analysis, according to the Kintampo Municipal Co-ordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr Abdu Issahaku.
Mr Issahaku, who disclosed this to Newsmen in Kintampo, however, gave the assurance that, there was no cause for alarm as the Municipal office of the Ministry of Health (MOH), had managed the situation.
The condition of the students were detected just before schools vacated.
He disclosed that, all the students were vaccinated before they left for holidays, adding that about 9,000 residents of Kintampo had also been vaccinated
According to the Municipal NADMO Co-ordinator, his outfit and the MOH were in close collaboration to educate the people on the local FM Radio Stations as well as the holding of public programmes on the symptoms of the disease.
In that connection, he advised residents to immediately report to the nearest health facility, whenever they felt any of the symptoms, for prompt medical attention.
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