The Ghana Health Service is advocating a return to the frequent hand washing era adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic to help contain the spread of cholera outbreak in the country.
Speaking to members of the press on October 30, Director General of the Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, noted that the severity of cases being seen in the Ada East District, the most hit, is beginning to slow down.
Since the declaration of the cholera outbreak in the Ada East and West districts of the Greater Accra Region, more than fifty cases have been confirmed with 2 deaths so far.
Over the week, the District Security Coordinating Councils of the two districts have had series of meetings in the bid to review interventions being implemented.
According to the Ghana Health Service, it has gotten to a threshold where it doesn’t test every case but treats them as and when they come, as well as intensifying efforts to contain the spread by tackling the insanitary situation that stimulates the disease.
