Ghana Health Service confirms first case of Mpox --[Reported by Umva mag]

The first case of Monkey­pox (Mpox) this year has been confirmed in Ghana by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

According to a statement by the GHS on Thursday, the case involved a 15-year-old male in the Bia West District of the Western North Region.

It explained that the test results from the National Public Health and Refer­ence Laboratory (NPHRL) confirmed the disease on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 after the patient presented a history of rash, fever and general bodily pains at the hospital.

“The suspected case was isolated in line with protocols for managing Mpox. Twenty-five contacts of the case have been identified and are currently being monitored. The pa­tient has since been discharged and in stable condition,” the statement said.

The report by the Ghanain Times on Friday said that health officials stated that the patient had neither a history of travel over the past 21 days nor had sexual encounter with a potentially infectious person over the period.

It added that the District and Regional health directorates have activated public health emergency manage­ment systems and response mea­sures to control possible spread and transmission of the disease.

It will be recalled that a total of 230 suspected cases of Mpox hadbeen reported from 88 districts in all 16 regions of the country so far, this year.

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