Dr Prince Quarshie, the Deputy Director, Public Health, Bono Regional Directorate of Health has urged consumers of bush meat to control their appetite in the wake of the outbreak of the Monkey pox disease in parts of the country.

He said people who consume particularly grasscutters and rabbits, and other wild animals had high risk of contracting the viral disease.

Dr Quarshie said Regional Health Directorate had upscale surveillance to prevent the spread of the Monkey Pox disease in the region.

In an interview with Sompa FM in Sunyani, Dr Quarshie said Bono had confirmed the first case of money pox, saying five additional suspected cases had been recorded in five districts in the region, waiting for confirmation.

He said the directorate had begun and intensified contact tracing, and was also strictly monitoring the movements of suspected and affected persons to help contain the spread of the disease.

The Deputy Directorate therefore appealed to the general public to be alerted and report suspected cases and entreated everybody to promote good hygiene and wash their hand with regularly with soap.

Dr Quarshie also asked the public to avoid dead animals within this period of the monkey pox outbreak, and urged the public to report early symptoms of the disease, including abnormal rashes to nearest health facilities.

He entreated the public to promote personal hygiene, wash their hands with soap regularly, avoid self-medication and do regularly medical check-ups to protect themselves and people around them from contracting money pox.

Source: Ghana/Sompaonline.com/K.Peprah