{"id":186992,"date":"2016-02-04T08:59:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T08:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186992"},"modified":"2016-02-04T08:59:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T08:59:34","slug":"we-are-prepared-for-zika-virus-health-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/we-are-prepared-for-zika-virus-health-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"We are prepared for Zika virus \u2013 Health Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Health has begun moves to position itself to contain any possible outbreak of the Zika virus in the country.<\/p>\n
The virus, which affects pregnant women leading to their babies being born with abnormally small heads, was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) few days ago.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Victor Bampoe said the Ghana Health Service is making adequate preparations in case of an outbreak.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”yvfX8UTgPynGalNZb7qGq0wJqXy7dkZ0″]\u201cThe Director General of the Ghana Health Service is issuing a circular to all health workers. It is of concern to us because it is primarily spread by mosquitoes, not the ones that spread malaria but another type which we also have in Ghana and because it was discovered in Africa, the mode of transmission is here and we are potentially at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr Bampoe however cautioned the public not to panic but trust in the health institutions of the country to prevent any outbreak.<\/p>\n \u201cI always talk about differentiating between alarm and concern because when you are alarmed sometimes you react out of proportion which creates a bigger problem- but when you are concerned\u201d he continued \u201cyou take measures to deal with the issue. That is why we need to trust the institutions that have been set up to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n