Nkurakan, a farming Community in Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has recorded its first positive case of Coronavirus.
According to the health officials in the area, the patient visited a health facility in the community on 22nd June 2020 showing clear signs and symptoms of the disease.
Sample of the person was immediately taken for testing which results were released July 19, 2020.
“Sooner a tense contact tracing was done by the health personnel at the facility to curb the spread of the pandemic. Also, measures were swiftly imposed on the infected person to restrict his/her movement pending the result of the sample taken on him/her. On Sunday, 19th July 2020, the result of the sample been taken earlier on of the a suspected person has proven positive hence the emergency meeting of stakeholders of the town to be abreast of the unfortunate development.
Detections” a statement after a Stakeholders meeting said.
The Health officials and Stakeholders are however worried those members of the community have turned deaf ears on the happenings of the pandemic and subsequently shun the practicing of safety protocols like wearing of face masks, washing and sanitizing our hands, etc. within the community.
They admitted that the “Stakeholders have woefully failed us in fighting the pandemic hence our destinies are in our hand to inappropriately fight the pandemic.”
“Inappropriate observation of the safety protocols individually. Eg wearing of nose mask at our chin instead to cover the rightful place, No individual education and practicing of the protocols, leaving people highly prone to contracting the virus at our market by grossly throwing away all measures to curb the spread of the virus.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
