Two persons have died from cholera in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region.
Some 23 cases have also been confirmed out of the 79 reported cases.
Between July and September last year over 900 cholera cases were recorded.
[contextly_sidebar id=”sM0sJ9bqy11IgfiZMMAxr7Ubpx0psDV1″]As the numbers in the western region and other parts of the country reduced, little was heard, and so little action at curtailing the disease was triggered.
The Metropolitan Health Director for Sekondi Takoradi Madam Joyce Begina speaking exclusively to Citi News indicated that, “the Sekondi Takoradi Metro despite embarking on some sensitization campaigns has been struggling to contain the disease.”
She said the complete “disregard for safety precautions” is a source of worry as it is established that people are in the known of the factors which cause the disease but “the practice of the knowledge is what is missing.”
All the 26 major communities in Sekondi Takoradi as at 23rd June 2015 have at least recorded one case of cholera since the beginning of the second week of this year.
She said “it is only in the first week of January that the metro did not record cholera cases.”
Madam Begina insisted that “the missing link has to do with change in attitude, unhygienic conditions at market places and food vending points and a weaker enforcement of sanitary bye-laws in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis.”
She however cautioned food vendors especially in schools and open places to ensure safe hygienic conditions and sell hot foods to pupils.
In a related development, five new cases of cholera have been recorded in Accra.
The reported cases were recorded around Adabraka and has been linked to the insanitary conditions residents of the area have been living in.
Over 11,000 cases of the water borne disease were recorded in 2014, which claimed the lives of over 100 people.
The Ministry of Health has also issued some precautionary measures for the general public to adopt to prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak in the country.
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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana