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Persons with headaches, fever and neck pains must quickly report to any medical facility, the Ghana Health Service has said.

The three are symptoms of the deadly pneumococcal meningitis disease which has claimed over 30 lives across three regions in Ghana and hospitalised over a 100 others.

Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe gave the alert in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on PeaceFM's "Kokrokoo" Morning Show Tuesday.

He said persons within the Brong Ahafo and Northern Region affected by the disease must take note of these symptoms (headaches, fever, neck pains) and report any case as quickly as possible.

Dr Asiedu Bekoe said the Service is concentrating on early reporting and application of antibiotics as a way of saving the lives of some of the affected persons.

Moves have however began towards acquiring vials of the pneumococcal meningitis vaccines as the health service steps up efforts contain the current outbreak of the disease in three regions of the country.

Meanwhile, the Volta Region has recorded seven suspected cases of meningitis, Dr Yaw Ofori-Yeboah, Deputy Director, Public Health of the Volta Regional Health Directorate, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Tuesday.