The World Health Organization estimates an asthma country incidence rate of 1.5/1000 per year for Ghana, compared to rates as low as 0.3/1000 in many parts of the world.
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IQAir, an air quality monitoring centre with more than a dozen sensors around the country, has ranked Accra's air quality as the worst, surpassing Mumbai in India and Wuhan in China.
“We have observed an increase of about 50 to 70% in patients suffering from upper respiratory infections and influenza. The number of OPD cases with flu has significantly increased in the past month. They come with a sore throat, cough, fever, and myalgia. In severe cases, patients experience breathlessness and reduced oxygen levels,” said Dr Manjunath PH, pulmonologist at Gleneagles Hospitals.