Four persons who contracted the pandemic Covid-19 died on 1st January 2022 in Ghana while 551 new cases were recorded, according to the Ghana Health Service report.
The death toll increased from 1,309 on 31st December 2021 to 1,313 on 1st January 2022 as eight patients are in critical and 45 in severe condition.
Test conducted so far stands at 2,142,004 but only 148,079 were positive, representing 6.9%
The government has set aside €20 million of this to establish the National Vaccine Institute, which will supervise the domestic production of COVID-19 and other vaccines, led by the private sector and the business community, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo.
He said “Government has beefed up its response capability and capacity to deal with the virus should we encounter an upsurge in infections. Over time, we have expanded our healthcare infrastructure, including oxygen supply and reach, particularly with respect to testing and treatment centres, and the training of health professionals across the country, in the care of severe and critically ill persons.”
Nana Akufo-Addo said this when he delivered the 27th COVID-19 address.
The president said “We continue to make steady progress in our quest to manufacture vaccines domestically. Two days ago, on Monday, I was in Luxembourg, where I held discussions with the President of the European Investment Bank, Herr Werner Hoyer, on Ghana’s COVID-19 Response Plan.
An €82.5 million facility has been approved for Ghana by the Bank for use in the effort to strengthen healthcare delivery and the provision of specialist medical equipment and medicines across the country.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom/Kofi Atakora
