Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has confirmed that there are no cases of ebola recorded in the country as purported by some media outlets.
The Director-General made these known at a meet the press series in Accra on Wednesday.
Speaking to Journalists, he said "There are no cases of Ebola recorded in the country"
Touching on Covid-19 cases, the Director-General revealed that four new deaths have been recorded.
He stressed that although some regions have not recorded cases of Covid-19, 10 out of the 20 Districts which have cases has Greater Accra leading the chart.
"Osu has recorded over 400 cases while Dzorwulu has over 200 cases recorded"
He hinted that 20% of the cases recorded in Greater Accra are found in children.
He stressed that the driving factors for the surge are BA.4 and BA.5 omicron sublineages.
Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye advised the public to go in for the booster.
"749 active cases in Accra are mild, 19 are moderate and 13 are also severe"
On the age distribution of Covid-19 recorded in June 2022, the Director-General hinted that persons between the ages of 21 to 35 are tye most affected.
"We have intensified active school surveillance to ensure prompt response to outbreaks"
Explaining further on the deaths recorded, the Director-General said "We have recorded 4 deaths. One was a 43 years old female, 63 years old with multiple cases, 18 years old males and 83 year old. Two of the deaths were in Accra and other 2 in the Eastern Region"
He stressed that total vaccines received in the country are 32, 836,648 while over 16 million Covid-19 doses have been administered.
Touching on monkeypox, the Director-General said "We have 72 suspected cases in Ghana and 18 of them have tested positive"
He added that 14th June, 2022 was the last time a monkeypox case was recorded in the country.
"We are dealing with multiple public health emergencies currently, i.e Covid-19 and monkeypox"
"If you feel threatened in an enclosed area, please wear you mask"
"I believe that the education is enough and people are seeing the need of wearing the mask. We have not reached the point to make a law for mandatory wearing of the mask. Asia is wearing a mask, there is no law but they have seen the need to do so"
"We are not at a stage where I see the need to get the vaccine for monkeypox"
Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith