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Hantavirus Outbreak: Ghana Health Service heightens surveillance

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has assured the public that enhanced disease surveillance measures have been activated across the country following reports of Hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship currently docked in Cape Verde. In a press release issued on May 8, signed by the Director-General of the GHS, Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, the Ministry of Health and GHS disclosed that as of May 7, a total of eight suspected cases had been recorded on the vessel, with five cases confirmed and three deaths reported.

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