Source:- My Joy Online
The Ghana Health Service reports that a total of 13 individuals have been placed under quarantine in the Upper East Region.
This came about as a result of their interaction with a service member who had previously passed away from monkeypox.
Sunday, the Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi, confirmed the death to FITI USA and stated that it was the first case the region has seen of the disease.
A patient who had a history of fever and a skin rash was the confirmed case, as stated in a press statement. The patient had presented to the Upper East Regional Hospital on July 22, 2022.
"Unfortunately, the case was closed on July 26th, 2022," you may quote me as saying. At the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), in Accra, on the 22nd of July, 2022, samples were taken for the purpose of confirmation. On July 28, 2022, we were informed that the sample exhibited positive results for monkeypox sickness.
As a result of this, residents of the region were concerned about the disease spreading throughout the region because it was unknown how the individual who had passed away caught the virus.
Nonetheless, in an interview with FITI USA, Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, stated that the GHS has launched a comprehensive response to the situation, including the decision to quarantine all 13 people identified during contact tracing. Dr. Bekoe is the person who stated that the GHS has launched a comprehensive response to the situation.
"At the moment, we have 39 confirmed cases and a number of contacts in the country, but only three contacts have become cases," the spokesperson said.
Additionally, the majority of the instances that we have seen in Ghana have been very mild, and we have been able to treat some of them with herbal remedies.
He continued by saying, "I believe that we should focus on the ability to prevent diseases by avoiding contact with diseased persons." "I feel that this should be our first concern."
In the meantime, the World Health Organization has recognised the spread of monkeypox as a serious threat to public health around the world.
This categorization represents the greatest degree of warning that the WHO is able to give, and it comes in response to an increase in reported cases all across the world.
More than 16,000 cases have reportedly been recorded from 75 different countries, as stated by the Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
There are now just two additional health emergencies that require immediate attention: the ongoing attempt to eradicate polio and the ongoing epidemic caused by the coronavirus.
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The Ghana Health Service reports that a total of 13 individuals have been placed under quarantine in the Upper East Region.
This came about as a result of their interaction with a service member who had previously passed away from monkeypox.
Sunday, the Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi, confirmed the death to FITI USA and stated that it was the first case the region has seen of the disease.
A patient who had a history of fever and a skin rash was the confirmed case, as stated in a press statement. The patient had presented to the Upper East Regional Hospital on July 22, 2022.
"Unfortunately, the case was closed on July 26th, 2022," you may quote me as saying. At the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), in Accra, on the 22nd of July, 2022, samples were taken for the purpose of confirmation. On July 28, 2022, we were informed that the sample exhibited positive results for monkeypox sickness.
As a result of this, residents of the region were concerned about the disease spreading throughout the region because it was unknown how the individual who had passed away caught the virus.
Nonetheless, in an interview with FITI USA, Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, stated that the GHS has launched a comprehensive response to the situation, including the decision to quarantine all 13 people identified during contact tracing. Dr. Bekoe is the person who stated that the GHS has launched a comprehensive response to the situation.
"At the moment, we have 39 confirmed cases and a number of contacts in the country, but only three contacts have become cases," the spokesperson said.
Additionally, the majority of the instances that we have seen in Ghana have been very mild, and we have been able to treat some of them with herbal remedies.
He continued by saying, "I believe that we should focus on the ability to prevent diseases by avoiding contact with diseased persons." "I feel that this should be our first concern."
In the meantime, the World Health Organization has recognised the spread of monkeypox as a serious threat to public health around the world.
This categorization represents the greatest degree of warning that the WHO is able to give, and it comes in response to an increase in reported cases all across the world.
More than 16,000 cases have reportedly been recorded from 75 different countries, as stated by the Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
There are now just two additional health emergencies that require immediate attention: the ongoing attempt to eradicate polio and the ongoing epidemic caused by the coronavirus.
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