Health Minister Dr. Kwaku Agyemang Mensah is confident Ghanaians will not see the Ebola virus even though they will hear about it in other countries.

He gave the assurance in an interview with Joy News' Seth Kwame Boateng shortly after visiting the Elubo border, Tuesday.

Immigration and Port officials at the Elubo border in the Western Region say measures they have put in place will make it extremely difficult for anyone with the Ebola virus to enter Ghana from their end.

According to them, the Elubo border and all unapproved routes to Ghana from Ivory Coast have been well secured to make it impossible for anyone to enter Ghana without their knowledge.

The Health Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang Mensah, his deputy, Director General from the Ghana Health Service and Country representative of the World Health Organization spent time with officials at the Elubo border to learn at first hand what they are doing to ensure that no one with the deadly disease enters Ghana from that border.

The head of Port Health in Takoradi Edward Saka said there has not been any suspected case of Ebola in the area.

He stressed that they take people coming from neighboring Ivory Coast through stringent health checks before they are allowed entry into Ghana.

Head of Immigration at the Elubo border Staff officer Alexander Kpodji told the minister and his entourage they have well secured border.

He said Ghanaians should trust them to do a good job and prevent the disease from getting into Ghana from their end.

Health Minister Dr. Kwaku Agyemang Mensah told Joy News' Seth Kwame Boateng what he has seen at the Elubo border gives him hope that Ghana will not record any case of Ebola.

"I am impressed with what i have seen here and the assurances given by the Port Health and Immigration," he said

He however called for more vigilance to ensure that the virus is kept out of the country. "When it comes to Ebola we may hear of it but will never see it," he assured.

The Country Representative of the World Health Organization Magda Robalo said she is convinced Ghana’s borders are secured.


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Overconfident! May be their own go worst pass Liberia self.

The Municipal Health Director for Tarkwa Nsueam, Dr. Jack Galley, has appealed to Ghanaians not to panic as the Ebola disease had not yet been recorded in the country.

He said health service officials had put in place strict measures to ensure that people who enter the country from any of the infected countries are properly screened.

Dr. Galley said when his outfit organized an awareness creation programme for some stakeholders in the municipality on how to prevent the spread of the Ebola disease.

He said an isolated ward had been created at the old Tarkwa Government Hospital and an additional ward would soon be set up at the new Tarkwa Government Hospital located at Bogrekrom to handle Ebola cases.

Dr. Galley called on all to join in the fight against the spread of Ebola by adhering to basic healthy lifestyle by washing hands after visiting patients in hospitals.

The Municipal Disease Control Officer, Mr. Ebenezer Tetteh, said symptoms of Ebola include intense weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, sudden and severe fever, sore throat, headache, internal and external bleeding, muscle pain, rash, impaired kidney and liver function.

Mr. Tetteh called on the public to report to the hospital authorities if they detect any body with these signs.

*laughs in Chinese* xixixixixixixixixi .

Govt action against Ebola: Identifying &monitoring exposed persons,air/seaports &land borders.Report cases to 08037879701,08037154575. ebolainfo@health.gov.ng

action speaks louder dan words no b by mouth nw he should b making mouth dere by d tym dy report d 1st case of ebola in Ghana he will shock

Another mumu in public office. Even the united states far off have said that an outbreak of the virus in the US is possible but it is capable of containing it. But this mumu sitting on a keg of gun powder is still unintelligible.