Hot SourceThe Eastern and Central Regions have officially recorded H1N1 infections, while the Greater Accra Region has confirmed 42 H3N2 cases. The cases were recorded in Ayawaso East and Okaikoi North Municipalities.
Regional Surveillance Officer, Christiana Kudornu Achempem, said all facilities have been placed on alert and logistics supplied for continued laboratory sampling.
She confirmed that health education teams have been deployed to affected communities and that samples will continue to be sent to Noguchi for testing.
‘‘I cannot speak for national but we had a meeting yesterday that some regions are having the H1N1. The Central and Eastern Regions. For us in Greater Accra, we haven’t had any outbreak in the school, what we have is about some 42 confirmed cases at our sentinel sites that every week we pick samples of suspected influenza cases and send to Noguchi for confirmation. So out of that Ayawaso East and Okaikoi North reported some confirmed some cases but not H1N1. The cases were for H3N2.
‘‘We are ever ready including all our facilities. Even this Monday we distributed some sample containers for them to use to pick samples for Noguchi for investigation. We are also doing health education in the communities because looking at the weather this is the prime time we have a lot of cases,” she said.
She confirmed that health education teams have been deployed to affected communities and that samples will continue to be sent to Noguchi for testing.
The Health Service has urged residents to adhere to preventive measures, including handwashing, use of sanitisers and self-isolation when experiencing symptoms.
The Ghana Health Service has activated influenza surveillance in multiple regions following confirmed cases of H1N1 and H3N2 influenza A viruses.
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