The Volta Regional Health Directorate has heightened its surveillance due to the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A, H5N1 in Lomé, Togo.
Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr. Senanu Djokoto, who disclosed this in an interview with the GNA said the outbreak is a major concern to the directorate as the region shared border with the Republic of Togo.
The Director said per the information received from Togo, the “outbreak has killed about one thousand, 450 of a flock of 1,500 birds with the remaining birds being slaughtered.
He said health facilities in all the districts in the region, especially districts sharing border with Togo and port health units, has been notified and asked to intensify their surveillance for the disease.
Dr. Djokoto urged all residents in the region to observe precautionary measures to protect themselves against the disease, adding that the outbreak could be among wild birds and these birds could cross the border to intermingle with those in Ghana.
The preventive measures, he said, included avoiding direct contact with wild birds as they could be infected with the disease even if they did not look sick and unprotected.
