{"id":3557,"date":"2024-12-26T13:10:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2024-12-26T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:10:17","slug":"cholera-outbreak-35-deaths-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/cholera-outbreak-35-deaths-recorded\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholera Outbreak- 35 Deaths Recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cholera has been wreaking havoc in Ghana recently. The Ghana Health Service announced that cholera cases have surged to 4,157, resulting in 35 deaths. Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, expressed concern that most individuals seek medical attention only when their condition worsens. The Ashanti, Western, and Eastern regions have been severely affected, with the Western Region recording 17 out of the 35 deaths.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7914-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3559 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To combat the outbreak, the Ghana Health Service launched an Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign in the Western Region, targeting areas such as Sekondi-Takoradi, Ahanta West, Effia Kwesimintsim, Shama district, and Awutu Senya East. The campaign successfully vaccinated 662,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>906 individuals out of a population of 792,482. Fortunately, no cases were reported in Awutu Senya East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7915.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3560 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 462px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 462\/269;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana Health Service urges Ghanaians to maintain good personal hygiene and ensure that food is properly cleaned before consumption. If symptoms like vomiting occur, individuals are advised to seek immediate medical attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cholera Outbreak- 35 Deaths Recorded<\/p>\n<p>Cholera has been wreaking havoc in Ghana recently. The Ghana Health Service announced that cholera cases have surged to 4,157, resulting in 35 deaths. Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, expressed concern that most individuals seek medical attention only when their condition worsens. The Ashanti, Western, and Eastern regions have been severely affected, with the Western Region recording 17 out of the 35 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>To combat the outbreak, the Ghana Health Service launched an Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign in the Western Region, targeting areas such as Sekondi-Takoradi, Ahanta West, Effia Kwesimintsim, Shama district, and Awutu Senya East. The campaign successfully vaccinated 662,906 individuals out of a population of 792,482. Fortunately, no cases were reported in Awutu Senya East.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Health Service urges Ghanaians to maintain good personal hygiene and ensure that food is properly cleaned before consumption. If symptoms like vomiting occur, individuals are advised to seek immediate medical attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}