President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that there are a lot of empty beds in Ghana’s treatment centers, and the isolation centers have virtually no patients under care in the fight against COVID -19.
He has therefore urged Ghanaians to be more disciplined in their adherence to personal hygiene, mask-wearing, and social distancing measures that have become part of citizens’ daily routines.
Giving number 17 COVID-19 update in the Jubilee House, Nana Akufo-Addo added that is the way to eliminate the virus, adding, the experience in other parts of the world show that the virus can return with a vengeance, once citizens let your guard down.
According to him, a total of forty-five thousand, two hundred and fifty-eight (45,258) persons have recovered, and two hundred and ninety-seven (297) persons, a great majority of them with underlying illnesses, such as hypertension, diabetes, chronic liver disease, and asthma, have sadly died.
The president said,” In the face of these encouraging statistics, I know there are many who are wondering why I have not announced a complete return to normalcy in all aspects of national life because they believe the figures suggest we have turned the tide in the fight against the virus.”
“Yes, our death rate continues to below, and our hospitals have, mercifully, not been overwhelmed, as there are, presently, only twenty (20) severe and critical cases. Indeed, there are a lot of empty beds in our treatment centers, and the isolation centers have virtually no patients under care. But truth be told: we cannot afford, at this critical moment, to throw caution to the wind, and destroy the incredible amount of work undertaken by Government, health officials, heroic frontline health workers, and members of the security agencies, in bringing us this far.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
