The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA), Michael Okyere Baafi has donated an undisclosed amount of money to be shared as incentives among Staff of the Eastern Regional Hospital and Police Officers in New Jauben South Municipality of the Eastern Region to motivate them in the fight against coronavirus pandemic.
Additionally, Micheal Okyere Baafi who is a Parliamentary hopeful contesting Dr.Mark Assibey Yeboah, incumbent Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, also presented quantities of Personal Protective Clothings, thermometer guns, nose masks, hand gloves, alcohol-based hand sanitizers, liquid soaps, Veronica buckets, tissue papers.
Again, One thousand (1000) alcohol-based hand sanitizers and several veronica hand washing buckets and liquid soaps were distributed to market women in the municipality and Police Stations.
He rounded up his gesture with the distribution of cooked food for all head porters and the less privileged operating in and around the central business area of the municipality.
“My visit was to interact with these front liners and traders and find out how they are operating amid COVID-19 pandemic. I donated some items to aid in the fight against the dreadful coronavirus in the New Juaben South Municipality”
He advised that “Let us continue to observe all health protocols outlined by our health professionals and abide by directives given by our President. More importantly, let us stay home when we have no business doing outside”.
Mr. Okyere Baafi is hopeful that, measures being rolled out by President Akufo Addo would help contain the spread of the virus to avert crises.
Eastern region has recorded 51confirmed cases of coronavirus as of April 18, 2020.
The region is just 8 cases low behind Ashanti Region which has recorded 59 cases with Greater Accra Region unenviably dominating with 685 confirmed cases. The current national tally is now 834.
The Ghana Health Service says it is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples that have been picked for testing as part of the COVID-19 testing exercise. This is after some 57,000 samples have already been successfully tested as of April 15, 2020. In the first batch of this backlog, an additional 198 be positive. This will bring Ghana’s total case count to 834 at the moment. The general public is however advised that this does not represent new infections that are occurring. It represents results from tests of a backlog of samples.
The laboratories have been working day and night to test this large number of samples. Hopefully in the next few days, all the testing would be completed.
Total samples tested so far now stands at 60, 916 with 1.37 % testing positive. The results of this backlog of samples when released do not mean the number of new cases recorded on the day of the report. Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Northern, Volta, Upper East, Upper West, Central, Western and North East.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
