Reports reaching Citi News indicate the cholera situation in the Western Region is fast deteriorating as over 120 cases have been recorded within a period of two weeks.
According to the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Emmanuel Tengkorang said the situation in the region may worsen if the outbreak in Accra is not contained.
“Two weeks ago, it was 89 and now we are at 120 and we have found out that the situation in Accra is affecting us because a lot of people commute from Accra to Takoradi and they most of the time come with this condition,” he said.
Dr. Tenkorang further explained that when the commuters after contracting the disease in Accra “and they introduce the infection into the communities.”
[contextly_sidebar id=”s8hYYun00nS0WKsqcxZurd7DSko6LdGK”]Citi News’ Western Regional correspondent, Obrempong Yaw Ampofo reported that seven out of the 22 districts in the region have reported an outbreak of the disease.
Out of the seven, the two main urban districts; Sekondi-Takoradi Metro Assembly and the Tarkwa Nsuayem Municipal assembly have recorded the highest cases so far.
The remaining districts are Shama with 10 recorded cases, Wassa East with eight cases and Jomoro with 12 cases.
Obrempong also reported that 31 new reported cases have been recorded within a period of two weeks.
Dr. Tenkorang in an interview with Citi News said the sanitation situation especially, at market centers in the region are accounting for the outbreak of cholera.]
He said health personnel have are alarmed “because we have realized that the cases are rather going up.”
The Regional Health Director expressed the hope that the cholera situation in Accra will be contained because “once the cases in Accra go down, we believe that it will also impact on the region’s performance.”
Meanwhile, the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has announced that the number of cholera cases being reported daily has significantly reduced.
Over 10,000 Ghanaians have been affected by the cholera outbreak, killing more than 80 in seven regions across the country.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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