The Ghana Well being Service (GHS) has denied experiences on social media {that a} case of Monkeypox has been recorded within the Western area.
The GHS in a press release mentioned the person in query reported to a well being facility within the Ahanta West District with blisters as a substitute.

Monkeypox is a uncommon illness that’s brought on by an infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus which incorporates the variola (smallpox) virus in addition to the vaccinia virus, which is used within the smallpox vaccine.