In the Western Region, no monkeypox has been identified, according to the Ghana Health Service.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has refuted reports that the country has been infected with monkeypox.

Reports of such a condition allegedly seen in the Western Region, according to the Service, must be dismissed.

This comes after a widely circulated social media post claiming that the country has registered its first case.

There are now 237 confirmed and suspected monkeypox cases worldwide.

The United Nations' World Health Organization has revealed plans to limit the infection.

The symptoms are quite similar to those of smallpox patients, however, they are less clinically severe, albeit aesthetically striking, with elevated pustules and fever lasting two to four weeks in the most severe instances.

The photograph that accompanied the social media post, which many feared could be Ghana's patient zero, had some of these symptoms.

"An individual reported to a facility in the Ahanta West Municipality in the Western Region with blisters," the GHS said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Initial assessment of the case is not suggestive of monkeypox," says the report.

More investigations are being done, according to a statement signed by Dr. Yaw Ofori Yeboah, Western Regional Director of Health Services.

As a result, the GHS says it is on high alert and will keep the public informed of any new developments.