{"id":445486,"date":"2017-12-10T08:11:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T08:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/ghana-health-service-issues-health-alert-on-swine-flu\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T08:11:06","slug":"ghana-health-service-issues-health-alert-on-swine-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/ghana-health-service-issues-health-alert-on-swine-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Health Service issues health alert on swine flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 10 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/14356833.295.jpg\" alt=\"H1n1 Flu\" title=\"H1n1 Flu\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512893466_262_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Health Service is warning of an outbreak of Swine Flu or H1N1 in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Public Health Dr O.K. Afreh in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>It follows ongoing outbreak of confirmed Swine Flu (H1N1) at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) in the Ashanti Region which has claimed about 13 lives within the past 7 months with more than forty students affected.<\/p>\n<p>The statement says some parents, during the outbreak, took their exposed children home from school. This move could expose the students to anyone that they may come into contact with and transmission may be on course.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Health Service is therefore cautioning the public to be on the alert.<\/p>\n<p>It gave sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, general weakness, cough or sore throat and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea as some of the symptoms the public should look out for.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 10 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-10 File photo The Ghana Health Service is warning of an outbreak of Swine Flu or H1N1 in the country. 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