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A total of 56 cholera cases have been recorded since the outbreak in the Kasoa enclave, which initially recorded about five cases sometime last week.
46 patients are on admission and responding to treatment while the death toll as reported last week remains at five.
The cases relating to the main Kasoa residents stand at 15 and the remainder account for cases brought in from other adjoining districts, such as Gomoa East and Ga South.
Director General of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye after a visit to the Kasoa area for a stakeholders’ meeting said, the Ghana Health Service has instituted a plan that will ensure effective treatment and also mitigate the spread, especially from health facilities.
He announced also that the situation has improved in the Ada area where the outbreak began.
Meanwhile, he has urged all regional health departments to be on the alert and also put in place preventive measures against the spread while admonishing the public to observe high levels of hygiene and sanitation.
“The teams have established the centres. We are ensuring that their surveillance is available. We are looking at people who have possible cases and test them as quickly as possible. We are also providing a lot of education to the communities, the health workers and even the patients who come here with their families so that we don’t continue with the spread.
“… Since they started, we have been informed that the severity of the cases that are coming is reducing and we hope that this will go on and within the next few weeks, we should bring this under control. But it will all depend on the kind of information that we give and how people will respond on time,” he stated.
Story by:KwahuDehyeAbrantipaQwacilisto/Pinkfmonlinegh.com