The Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region has been identified as an emerging hotspot for the spread of the coronavirus in the region.
This is due to the fact that the Ketu South municipality has actually up until now taped 11 out of the 16 verified coronavirus cases in the area.
6 out of the 11 cases were quarantined tourists, whereas the rest of the 5 cases were discovered during the enhanced contact tracing workout.
In a telephone interview with Joy News, the Deputy Volta Regional Director in charge of Public Health, Dr. Kwesi Djokoto, suggested that all measures put in place from the beginning of the pandemic will be more strengthened to allow the municipality identify cases early, contain and manage them properly.
The steps he stated included public education, enhanced surveillance, and contact tracing and appropriate case management.
As part of the boosted contact tracing steps, groups that are more than likely to have actually come into contact with cases such as personnel of the various security firms, port health personnel, industrial drivers and motor riders will be evaluated to guarantee early recognition and seclusion of contaminated individuals.
”When all these measures are put in place, the municipality’s ability to locate infected persons early and isolate them would be enhanced thereby preventing further spread [of the virus]”, he said.
He further indicated that this approach would help prevent potential careers of the virus from infecting vulnerable groups such as the elderly in society and people with severe underlying medical conditions who can have severe presentations of the disease condition.
