The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has assured the public that the yellow fever situation in the country is under control, urging residents to remain calm and rely on official information as health authorities intensify surveillance and vaccination efforts.
Briefing the media on the outbreak, he said 450 suspected yellow fever cases have been recorded across the 16 regions, with 88 reported in the Upper West Region. T
The reference laboratory at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has confirmed three cases from the region.
Mr. Akandoh said the government is expanding vaccination beyond routine childhood immunisation to cover people aged nine months to 60 years in affected areas.
He disclosed that an additional 187,000 vaccine doses have been requested to support the exercise, with vaccination teams prepared to begin the campaign in the Upper West Region.
