SIXTEEN pupils of the Tema Parents Association School have tested positive for bird flu after an initial three were found to have the H1N1 influenza virus last Monday
Reports from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) indicate that the 16 were part of 44 specimens from the pupils presented to the institute for testing.
Testing of the submitted specimen is ongoing to ascertain the status of over 150 pupils of the school whose phlegm specimen were taken and delivered to the centre.
Based on the results coming from the NMIMR, the authorities of the school have closed it down, except for the final-year students who attend classes.
Two pupils in classes five and six at the school tested positive for the H1N1 influenza after reporting at the Tema Polyclinic with fever and cold last weekend.
The Tema Metropolitan Directorate of Health took steps to prevent the spread of the disease and sent a team of health personnel to take specimen of the phlegm of the pupils who showed signs of fever, cold and coughs for immediate testing.
Classes were, therefore, suspended in the affected classrooms while awaiting results of tests from the NMIMR.
According to the Tema Metropolitan Health Director, Dr Ernestina Quainoo, the other results which were yet to be received would help the directorate to determine the severity of the situation.
She said the affected pupils were undergoing treatment.
When the Daily Graphic went to the school, the doors of the classrooms were locked.
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