Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana has revealed that should the number of active cases of COVID-19 continue to increase at the current rate, he will have no option but to re-impose restrictions because it is better to be safe than to be sorry.
He however called on Ghanaians to ensure that they respect the protocols to avert the spread.
President Nana Akufo-Addo made this known in his Update No. 22 delivered on Sunday night, January 17, 2021.
He said,” We do not want to go back to the days of partial lockdowns, which hurt our economy and on our way of life.”
“Government is intensifying its strategy of enhanced 3Ts, i.e. tracing, testing, and treating, to allow us to identify infected persons, isolate them, and treat them. A considerable number of contact tracers are being mobilized to follow up on contacts of all who test positive. All laboratories, public and private, must supply, in real-time, data on all persons tested on the common platform established by the Ghana Health Service. There will be sanctions against laboratories that fail to comply. We have also provided additional logistics, including vehicles, to the Ghana Health Service for the supervision and monitoring of asymptomatic cases being managed from home.”
Additionally, Nana Akufo-Addo said Government is reactivating available treatment and isolation facilities across the country in anticipation of any further increase in infections. The provision of adequate medicines, equipment, and personal protective equipment to enable health workers to attend to home-based patients is being effected.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
