{"id":381064,"date":"2017-12-07T19:46:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=381064"},"modified":"2017-12-08T07:22:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T07:22:12","slug":"samples-from-kumaca-test-positive-for-swine-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/samples-from-kumaca-test-positive-for-swine-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Samples from KUMACA test positive for ‘Swine Flu’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Out of 19 samples sent to the NOGUCHI Memorial Institute from the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region,\u00a012 tested positive for influenza type A, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has announced.<\/p>\n
According to the Minister, reports on further tests\u00a0were received confirming Influenza type-A H1N1 2009 [Otherwise known as Swine Flu], pandemic strain.<\/p>\n
The tests became necessary following what many have called mysterious deaths involving four students of the school in the past week.<\/p>\n
Four other students\u00a0had died earlier in 2017, bringing the total number of deaths to eight students.<\/p>\n