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Be cautious on the consumption of bush meat - GHS warns
Ghana has so far recorded one death of the dangerous disease at the Tema General Hospital. The fever has claimed over 40 lives in neighboring Nigeria.
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Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Friday Friday, Dr. Bekoe urged Ghanaians to be cautious when consuming bush meat since it is a causative factor.
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“We are doing the necessary screening at our borders. We sent an alert about two or three weeks ago to let the general public know that we were at risk. We are not stereotyping bush meat but we need to be careful. The virus is in rats. Rats can come into an environment and get into contact with food or any item used by man and that can spread the virus,” he said".
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