Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has given the assurance that health authorities in the country are working assiduously to determine the cause of the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) which has caused the death of some 10 students since the beginning of the year.
According to him, initial findings of the tests conducted on blood samples and cerebral spinal fluid taken by health authorities are negative of viral haemorrhagic fever and also, the initial autopsy of the dead was inconclusive.
“Currently no definite laboratory confirmation has been done as to the cause of the outbreak,” he told parliament Wednesday.
That notwithstanding, he said, government was keen on unearthing the root cause of the outbreak thus further samples had been taken and sent to the Nogouchi laboratory for further examination.
Also, he said, surveillance at the school has been intensified with record review of the Out Patient Department (OPD) register at the school.
He said follow up visits on cases at the KNUST and Komfo Anokye Teaching hospitals are being carried out by the team handling the development with a list developed for suspected cases.
He said close to about GHC100,000 has been released for the initial public health interventions.
News Desk