EBOLA NOT IN GHANA

 By: Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei

The international community has been urged to discard the report that a resident of Komenda in Ghana who arrived from Liberia in February this year died of Ebola virus.

According to the Municipal Director of Ghana Health Service for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem in the Central Region of Ghana, Mr. Kofi Mends Quinor noted that the deceased collapsed on Monday during the ramdan festivity and died on her way to the Kissi Health centre due to the High blood pressure she suffered from.

 He indicated that many of the citizens from Komenda reside in Liberia hence there is the need to observe those that are returning back to the area. He said surveillance team has been recruited both at Komenda and Kissi Health centres.

Earlier on some of the Health officials indicated that they have not been trained to handle or detect if a patient is suffering from Ebola virus and appealed to the Ghana Health Service to provide the necessary education and equipment to manage the virus. 

Meanwhile some of the leaders at Komenda have disclosed that many of their relatives who reside in Liberia arrive in the area through the sea or they travel back through ivory coast. Hence they have given directive to to those who arrive from Liberia to report at the Chief fisherman office for their information to be taken.

In a related development the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has denied reports that it has banned flights from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Below is the statement from Ghana Civil Aviation Authority.

RE- EBOLA: GHANA BANS ALL FLIGHT FROM NIGERIA, OTHERS

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority’s attention has been drawn to an online publication on the above subject on Saturday, 2nd August, 2014 and we wish to state emphatically that the publication is erroneous and   misleading.

The GCAA as the sole Regulator of the Air Transport industry and Provider of Air Navigation Service in the country has not ban any airline from Nigeria and other African Country from operating to Ghana because of Suspicion that the flights might be carrying passengers with the Ebola virus.

We can confirm that flight operations to and from Nigeria and other African countries are normal without any interruption.

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority wishes to assure passengers and the General Public that it is working with all Stakeholders to ensure that the Kotoka International Airport and all other airports in the country remain safe and secure.