Lassa fever: Be careful of bush meat -GHS

The Head of Disease and Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr. Franklin Bekoe has warned bush meat consumers to be careful following the outbreak of lassa fever.

He stated that rats can come into an environment and get into contact with food.

One person died of the disease at the Tema General Hospital. The fever has also killed over 40 lives in neighboring Nigeria.

Dr Bekoe indicated that the GHS is not stereotyping bush meat warning the public to be cautious of the kind of bush meat they consume.

‘We are doing the necessary screening at our borders. We sent an alert about two or three weeks ago to let the general public know that we were at risk. We are not stereotyping bush meat but we need to be careful. The virus is in rats. Rats can come into an environment and get into contact with food or any item used by man and that can spread the virus,’ Dr Bekoe told Francis Abban on Morning Star.

The Head of Disease and Surveillance at GHS advised Ghanaians to visit the hospital for proper checks when they are not well.

‘We shouldn’t always assume that every symptom is one of ‘malaria’….we should visit the hospital when we are not well for proper checks. There is treatment for Lassa. The patient who lost his life was put on treatment but unfortunately, he lost his life,’ he stated.

By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM

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The Head of Disease and Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr. Franklin Bekoe has warned bush meat consumers to be careful following the outbreak of lassa fever. He stated that rats can come into an environment and get into contact with food. One person died of the disease at the Tema General Hospital. The […]

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