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  • Ghana Health Services begins mass Covid-19 test in Ashanti region

    The Ghana Health Services will soon hit high-risk communities in Ashanti region  with  house-to-house test of people suspected to be carrying the Coronavirus.

    Dr. Nana Yaw Ofori Yeboah

    Health authorities  say the move has become necessary in the  region which is one of the epic centers of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana following the death of two persons out of nine confirmed cases.

    Two hundred and 84  people said to have come into contacts with COVID-19  patients have also been identified and being managed.

    The high-risk areas have been identified as communities that have already recorded COVID-19 cases in the Ashanti region.

    Deputy  Regional Director in Charge of Public Health, Dr. Yaw Ofori Yeboah  revealed al is set for health officials to pick samples for testing at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR)  at the KNUST.

    It forms part of active surveillance measures being implemented  by the directorate to control the spread of COVID-19.

    “The Ghana Health Service  in Ashanti region has strategically  identified  certain locations and those locations, we are going to move from house -to-house  and identify individuals  and offer them the COVID-19 test ,” Dr. Ofori Yeboah said.

    “Samples would be taken from these individuals  and sent to the KCCR at KNUST where we analyse the samples,” he added.

    Dr. Ofori Yeboah revealed all the necessary  arrangements have been made whilst  equipments  needed for the exercise has been procured.

    ” All the necessary things that we need for this exercise  are in place.  We have received significant quantities of Personal Protective Equipment ; we have laboratory teams in place  and we are also collaborating with members of the security agencies to support us in this process.”

     

    Source: myjoyonline

  • Ejisu residents raise concerns over waterway buildings

    Some residents at Ejisu have raised concerns about attempts by some developers to build on waterways between Ejisu and Besease in the Ashanti Region.

    Last year, a proposed market meant to be constructed at the area, was cancelled following flooding that brought business activities in the area to a standstill a situation that affected traders and travellers who ply the Efiduase road.

    A former Assemblyman for the Besease Electoral area, Mr Samuel Dankwa, expressed disappointment about the decision to give the area to an individual developer when it was declared unsafe for the construction of the proposed market.

    Some residents of the area suspect the Ejisu Municipal Assembly (EMA) has sold the swampy land to developers despite its own laws prohibiting building on waterways.

    According to the residents, some unknown people have begun to fill parts of the Odao river a water body that flows through the wetland, adding: “They only work here at dawn”.

    They also accused the Assembly of deliberately overlooking the unlawful practice.

    Farmers who cultivate rice at the swampy area also expressed worry about the development in the area, as the “illegal practice” has debilitated their produce and livelihood.

    The farmers expressed fears that the environs of Besease will flood when it rains if the developers continue building in the wetland, and, so, called on the government and the Assembly to revoke the permits of the developers.

    The former assembly man also urged stakeholders including chiefs to desist from selling waterlogged areas to people for construction purposes.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • GNFS steps up fire education campaign in Ashanti region

    The Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has stepped up educational campaigns to sensitize the people in the communities on the causes of fire and its attendant devastating effects.

    The move is to help reduce the incidence of fire outbreaks and its negative consequences on the victims, the government and the national economy.

    One of such awareness programs had been conducted at Breman and Kronom-Afrancho, in the Suame Municipality, where about 30 per cent of fire outbreaks in the Region, had occurred in January this year.

    Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) Joshua Ngoah, Ashanti Regional Fire Commander, speaking at the ceremony said the Region recorded a total of 225 fire outbreaks in the month of January this year alone.

    Two people died during the outbreaks while properties running into several millions of cedis were destroyed.

    ACFO Ngoah stressed the need for the people to change their behavior in the way they handled naked fire and keep good house-keeping practices to reduce outbreaks.

    Assistant Divisional Officer Grade 1 (ADO1), Ackah Desmond Essoun, Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO), advised owners of shops to pack their wares properly when they closed for the day.

    They should desist from leaving naked wires to touch their wares since that could spark fire outbreaks.

    He said packing wares in front of streets and on fire hydrants made it difficult for fire tenders to penetrate and have access to hydrants in case of fire outbreaks.

    ADO1 Essoun again cautioned shop owners against leaving electrical gadgets on when they closed their shops in the evening, and the use of cheap and sub-standard electrical cables to wire shops as well as the engagement of non-professional electricians to work for them.

    He educated the shop owners on the proper use of gas cylinders and cautioned drivers to desist from filling their fuel tanks to the brim, which might also cause fire outbreaks.

    Smoking closer to gas cylinders he added, was also a dangerous practice.

    ADO1 Essoun said the awareness program would be sustained to create the needed awareness to reduce fire outbreaks in the Region. GNA

     

    Source: GNA

  • Toddler and 4-year-old burnt to death in Ashanti Region

    A toddler and a four-year-old child were on Friday night burnt to death when fire gutted their house at Danoso New site in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

    The deceased are Zidan Razark, aged four and his 18-month-old sister Sharifatu Razark.

    The incident which occurred at about 7:00pm saw many other properties destroyed in a seven-bedroom house.

    The children were asleep when the fire started.

    Attempts by officers of the Ghana National Fire Service and onlookers to rescue them proved futile.

    The cause of the fire is unknown.

    The police and GNFS have begun investigations.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Snakebites in Ashanti Region highest in 2019

    Executive Director of the African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Dr John Amuasi says Ghana records an average of 9,600 snakebites every year.

    There is the need for concerted effort by stakeholders to eliminate the number bites and of death caused by snakes every year, Dr Amuasi recommends.

    Although it is not known how many of these bites resulted in deaths, persons between the ages 20 and 34 years suffer the most bites.

    The average number of bites per year show that the Upper West Region had the highest of 1,425 bites followed by Ashanti Region with 1,161 bites. Eastern Region records 987 bites, Central Region with 897 bites and Northern Region recording 799 bites.

    Dr Amuasi made this known at a media briefing as the world celebrated World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day on Friday.

    He said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had included snakebite envenoming in the NTDs as it results in enormous suffering, disability and premature death on every continent.

    According to him, in 2019, for the first time in five years, the Ashanti Region recorded the highest number of 1,535 bites.

    Government Adviser on Health Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare indicated that currently anti-snake venom was free and the country was exploring how to effectively distribute the venom to where they are most needed, using the medical drones.

    He stated that Ghana was considering, as a long term measure, the production of its own anti-snake venom to ensure that the right type is always available for the use of patients.

    Source: 3news.com

  • Ashanti Region: Four minors drown in swimming attempt

    The bodies of four children have been recovered from a watercourse in a flood prone area at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality in the Ashanti Region on Saturday evening.

    The minors drowned when they went to the area to swim.

    Read: Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal

    Residents in the area made a distress call to the police and officials from the National Disaster Management Organisation who conveyed the to the hospital.

     

    The deceased have been identified as ten-year old Seth Owusu, nine-year old Ezra Asante and nine-year old Clinton Gyamasi.

    According to NADMO officials the fourth deceased person is yet to be identified because his relatives came for his body from the scene.

    Suame Municipal deputy NADMO coordinator, Mustapha Owusu who confirmed the incident to Citi News said the three bodies have been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue.

    Read: Epileptic woman drowns in River Kua

    “At about 5 pm, I was called and informed that some children had drowned at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality. When I rushed there it was true, but the bodies were recovered already. I even met one Sergeant Appiah, a police officer. So we put the bodies in my vehicle and together with the police officer we took the three bodies to the Tafo Government Hospital where the Doctor pronounced them dead,” he said.

     

    Source: citinewsroom.com