Ghana`s COVID-19 death has increased from 801 to 809 and active cases have also jumped from 2,247 to 2,512 as of 13th July 2021.
In order to manage the spread, Ghana Health Service has outlined strategies to address it by enhancing risk communication at the community level, utilization of COVID-19 champions to rally support for adherence to protocols, and intensifying contact tracing.
Other measures are; stakeholders such as religious bodies, School authorities, organized groups, engaging of facility heads to revamp holding areas within facilities, enhancing triaging in health facilities, and other key stakeholders in COVID-19 fight.
With regards to COVID-19 among International Arrivals, on the 13th of July, the total cases recorded were 1,900, whereas the total test done was 363,000.
The positivity rate among international arrivals was 0.5 percent with males accounting for the majority of cases; 1,200 (63.4 percent).
The Second Additional Financing Agreement worth $200 million for Ghana’s COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project was signed by the Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, and the World Bank in Accra.
The Agreement, signed on behalf of the World Bank by Mr. Pierre Laporte, the Country Director of the Bank, brings to $430.00 million the support to Ghana’s COVID-19 preparedness.
The project, dubbed: “The Second Additional Financing for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project (COVID-19 AF 2),” is to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19, as well as strengthen national systems for public health preparedness across the country.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
