General News of Monday, 19 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Akuse Methodist Senior High Technical School (AMEST) in the eastern region has been forced into a high-level containment• This follows 19 of the students contracting three different viral infections detected at the school• Epidemiologists say the spread is moving into the main Akuse townshipThree different viral infections have been detected at the Akuse Methodist Senior High Technical School (AMEST) in the Eastern region, forcing an immediate high-level containment in the school. The situation has accounted for 19 students of the school, testing positive to the avian flu (H1N1), coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and the Human Coronavirus (Hcov-229E), including nine of them having co-infections (HCoV-229E +H1N1), reports graphic.com.gh. This was disclosed at a stakeholder meeting at the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly at Odumase-Krobo. AMEST, which has a population of 2,347 students, 114 teaching staff and 58 non-teaching staff, became the center of these investigations after the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Health Directorate received a report that some of its students were exhibiting symptoms akin to the influenza. He added that, “Management must also collaborate with school health education programme (SHEP) coordinator and the school health nurse at the school to ensure continuous sensitization.”

Source: GhanaWeb July 19, 2021 14:48 UTC