Following the Lassa fever outbreak, the GHS is tracking 56 contacts.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is tracing 56 contacts identified as a result of the Lassa fever outbreak, which has resulted in two confirmed cases and one death.
The Service has deployed a team to track the disease from man-to-man transmission to health facilities, according to the Service.
Lassa fever is spread to humans through contact with rat and mouse excrement contaminated food or household items.
The Ghana Health Service's Director of Public Health, Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, stated that the health management organization is on track with its contact tracking.
"We are currently identifying the man-to-man transmission contacts. We're looking into the connections between the first case and the health facility where it was handled. Those are the contacts we are tracking, and so far we have identified 56."
Following tests by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) confirmed two cases of Lassa Fever in Accra.
According to the GHS, the first case involved a 40-year-old trader who became ill for about two weeks before dying at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The second case is a contact of the fatal case and is currently admitted but in good condition. So far, the Ghana Health Service has identified 56 contacts who are being followed up on.
In a statement signed by Director-General Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the GHS stated that Public Health Emergency Management committees at all levels (National, Regions, and Districts) have been activated, with detailed investigations, including an environmental assessment, currently underway.
The Health Service also stated that vital medications and logistics, including Personal Protective Equipment, are being mobilized, while contact tracing and management continue.
In Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, Lassa fever (a viral hemorrhagic fever) is endemic.
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A 104-year-old woman was confirmed dead after a building collapsed on her during a rainstorm Saturday evening in Asamankese, Lower West Akim Municipality, Eastern region.
Maame Yaa Konsua, the deceased, was returning from the washroom to her room when the structure collapsed on her in Abaase, an Asamankese suburb.
Two hours after being rushed to the Asamankese government hospital, she was pronounced dead by medical personnel.
More than 850 people in the area have also been displaced as a result of the torrential rain that caused several houses and structures to collapse.
Roofs were ripped off of several schools, including Asamankese Senior High School, and other government buildings.
According to Kwabena Manso, a family member who confirmed the incident to the media, the body has been deposited at the Asamankese government hospital.
After visiting some affected victims, the area's Member of Parliament, Charles Acheampong, told the media that steps are being taken to provide victims with relief items.
"What we have seen here today is very bad and it can not be described in any way, I am devastated at the extent of damage and we need to do something about it. The MCE and Nadmo officials have arrived, and we will meet with them immediately to make plans for what to do. I have also informed some top government officials to come to our aid".
Municipal Nadmo Director Omane Awua Kingsley, for his part, urged residents to routinely maintain their structures and heed weather warnings.
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