Source: Daily Graphic.
Six more persons have died from the suspected yellow fever outbreak in the Savannah Region.
This brings to 14 the number of persons comprising a male adult and 13 children – who are suspected to have died of the disease so far. 22 persons who contracted the disease are currently on admission at the West Gonja Municipal Hospital in Damongo, while 17 others have been treated and discharged from the same facility.
The Savannah Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Chrysantus Kubio, said all the cases were recorded in the West Gonja Municipality and the North Gonja District.
”The new cases were recorded after the regional health directorate intensified its surveillance in the various communities,” he said.
”Most of the initial deaths were due to delay in reporting to the health facilities,” according to Dr. Kubio.
Dr. Kubio said the directorate has dispatched medical personnel to the affected communities to vaccinate and screen the residents.