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Koforidua Secondary Technical School, (SECTECH) in the Eastern Region has recorded a death of a second-year student suspected to have acquired the swine flu syndrome.

The Male student, (name withheld), died at the Regional Government Hospital in Koforidua on Friday, December 8.

The actual cause of the death, is not confirmed by the health experts, however, rumours are that, the death could be from meningitis or the alleged Swine Flu outbreak.

Speaking to the media, the headmaster of SECTECH, Mr Samuel Foli, noted that, samples from the deceased student, have been sent to Accra for testing to confirm whether or not the death was caused by meningitis or as a result of the alleged Swine Flu outbreak.

According to him, although the doctors stated that the symptoms presented could be likened to meningitis; they wanted a confirmation from the laboratory.

“…hospital authorities say the symptoms look like that [meningitis]. But they have now taken samples to Accra, so we do not have a confirmation,” he said.

The headmaster narrated that, a housemaster first noticed that the student was sick and looking pale about four days ago.

But when the student was confronted, he denied being sick. He later got very weak and had to be rushed to the government hospital in Koforidua.

Following the student’s death, Eastern Regional Health authorities have asked students at the Koforidua Secondary Technical School to remain calm.

A total of four students at the Kumasi Academy have died in the last week from suspected Swine Flu with 22 being hospitalized.