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Ghana issues polio alert after confirmed case
Xinhua, August 24, 2019
ACCRA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday said it was working with its partners to contain an outbreak of polio in Chereponi, some 610 km north of Accra, the first in Ghana for over one decade, and to prevent and protect against its spread.
The assurance follows the national polio laboratory confirmation of an outbreak in the area after stool samples from a two-year-eight-month-old girl, who was seen at the hospital with sudden onset of weakness in both lower limbs, tested positive.
In a statement, signed by its Director-General, Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the GHS said it had taken immediate actions including the deployment of a national team to assist health professionals in the locale to carry out a detailed investigation...
Ghana issues polio alert after confirmed case
Xinhua, August 24, 2019
ACCRA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday said it was working with its partners to contain an outbreak of polio in Chereponi, some 610 km north of Accra, the first in Ghana for over one decade, and to prevent and protect against its spread.
The assurance follows the national polio laboratory confirmation of an outbreak in the area after stool samples from a two-year-eight-month-old girl, who was seen at the hospital with sudden onset of weakness in both lower limbs, tested positive.
In a statement, signed by its Director-General, Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the GHS said it had taken immediate actions including the deployment of a national team to assist health professionals in the locale to carry out a detailed investigation...
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