The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed an outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality.
The Service has thus admonished all health personal in the two districts to be on alert and look out for signs and symptoms of the disease.
According to the GHS, the disease is highly infectious and could be fatal in humans. The GHS said this in a statement signed by the Deputy Regional Health Director, in Charge of Public Health Dr. Gifty Amugi and copied to the media.
The statement said the outbreak was detected at the Regional veterinary Laboratory in two farms of the two districts. It said all birds in the two farms had been properly destroyed and preliminary disinfection initiated.
People with unexplained acute respiratory illness with fever and cough, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing have been asked to visit the hospital to test for the Avian Influenza disease. The release warned against close contact with a suspected person or animal and the consumption of raw or undercooked poultry products in an area where Avian Influenza infections in animals or humans have been suspected or confirmed last month.
