There was an Ebola scare at the Albert Bosumtwi-Sam Fishing
Harbour at Sekondi in the Western Region, on Tuesday, when some fishermen who
arrived from Guinea were detained for screening by health and Immigration
officials. Health workers from the Takoradi port, Ghana Immigration Service and
Ghana Health Service screened the 24 fishermen, who arrived in a boat with
laser gun thermometres for possible Ebola infection amidst tight security by
the Police and Bureau of National Investigations. The MEDIA gathered that the
fishermen had undertaken fishing expeditions in Guinea, one of the Ebola
endemic countries in West Africa, and were returning to their base in Ningo
Prampram in the Greater Accra Region. However, they were intercepted by some
fisher folks on the sea and brought to the fishing harbour for screening.The
Western Regional Director of the Ghana health Services, Dr. Emmanuel Tinkorang,
in an interview with the media, expressed delight over the alertness of
Ghanaians about the Ebola virus disease. He entreated all and sundry to be
vigilant and continue the surveillance at all the country’s entry points to
prevent the deadly virus from being introduced to the country. According to the
world health body, as of 31st August, 3,685 (probable, confirmed and suspected)
cases and 1841 deaths had been reported in the current outbreak of Ebola virus
disease by the Ministries of Health of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Source: Citi
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