Ghana has recorded five cases of Monkeypox out of the 12 suspected cases tested.
According to the Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Patrick Kuma Aboagye, the case are predominant in the Eastern, Western, and Greater Accra regions with one imported case.
He was speaking at a press briefing on three outbreaks in the country which, COVID-19, Influenza A H3, and monkeypox.
“So far since the outbreak in Europe occurred, we tested 12 suspected cases in Ghana since 24 May. Currently, we have confirmed five cases in three regions – Eastern, Western, and Greater Accra – this is where we discovered the five cases, no death has occurred among the cases here,” he said.
“One of the cases has been recorded in a Ghanaian who traveled to the US from Ghana, he might have picked it from here,” the GHS boss said.
