A total of 138 suspected Ebola cases have been tested to be negative in Ghana by the Noguchi Memorial Research Institute.
Dr Victor Bampoe, Deputy Minister of Health, who announced this on
Thursday, stressed that even though 138 suspected cases were recorded
nationwide since the Ebola outbreak, Ghana has not recorded any positive
one.
Dr Bampoe said this in a keynote address during the handing over of the Ebola medical stores at Tema General Hospital.
He indicated that even though the country is yet to record any Ebola
case, his outfit would continue with its three point measures to ensure
the safety of the public.
The measures, he said, include point of entry screening and active
surveillance, public education and putting up centres to manage any
outbreak.
He said the Ministry faced many challenges during the construction of
the Ebola centres and thanked stakeholders for contributing towards
their achievements.
Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service,
said more than 25,000 Ebola cases and 12,000 deaths have been recorded
in the sub-region since its outbreak.
Dr Sarkodie noted that even though the situation seemed to have gone down there is the need to sustain vigilance.
Mr John Andre, Managing Director of Barry Callebaut Ghana Limited, a
cocoa processing company that financed the medical stores, said the
company decided to support the GH? 80,000.00 project as part of its
corporate social responsibility.
Mr Andre said the centre has two medical stores for the storage of
Ebola personal protective equipment and medicines, offices and
washrooms.
He expressed the company's appreciation to the 42 medical volunteers
from Ghana for helping the three most affected countries in the West
Africa sub-region.
Mr Gerhard Brugger, Ambassador of Switzerland to Ghana, thanked the
Swiss company for collaborating with the Ministry to construct the
centre.
Mr Brugger said the collaboration was proof of the 130 years corporation between Ghana and Switzerland.
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