Tuesday, 4 May 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies - Ghana: dog, human exposure

Rabies -- Ghana
14 people have been diagnosed with rabies infection in Kpone, the municipal capital of the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region, after an infected dog bit 5 people whilst at church [I suspect, hope, and trust this means 14 people have been exposed to rabies rather than that they have been infected. - Mod.TG].
Dr Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, municipal veterinary officer, told the Ghana News Agency at Kpone in an interview on 17 Apr 2021 that a rabies-infected dog followed some 5

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8342811&promed&0

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