[ 2017-06-04 ]

Yellow Fever confirmed in Brong Ahafo, Volta regions
There have been four confirmed cases of Yellow
Fever over the past four weeks in the country, the
Ghana Health Service has confirmed.

Three of the cases were reported in the Brong
Ahafo Region while one was reported in the Volta
Region.

According to a release by the Director General of
the Service, Dr Ebenzer Appiah-Denkyira, the three
cases in the Brong Ahafo Region were recorded in
the Jamang South District.

The Central Tongu District in the Volta Region
recorded one case.

The Service, however, called for calm as the
widespread vaccination undertaken in 2011 in those
districts is offering immunity to most people.

“The Yellow Fever vaccine is protective for
life.”
Yellow Fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease.

It is spread through the bite of an infected Aedes
mosquito.

Yellow Fever causes bleeding which may come out
from any of the body openings.

The symptoms may also include fever with jaundice
in the early stages and with multiple organ
dysfunctions resulting in kidney and liver
failure.

Source - 3news.com

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