The Western Regional Health Directorate has activated its public health emergency response system following a significant increase in monkeypox cases, which currently account for 71% of all confirmed cases nationwide.
The alarming statistics were disclosed by health officials during the Western Regional Development Retreat, held in Essipong, Sekondi-Takoradi, on Saturday, June 21.
Kwadwo Okyere Apenteng, the Regional Health Directorate's Chief Pharmacist, made the announcement on behalf of the Regional Health Director, stating that the Western Region recorded its first case of monkeypox on May 23 in Tarkwa. "Monkeypox is also in the country, and currently, the Western Region is number one; we have taken over.
Seventy-one percent of the cases in the country are coming from the Western Region.
