President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, said he has instructed the release of additional logistics that would help in the fight against the novel coronavirus. He said this during his 19th address to the country on the situational update of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the President, he has ordered for the provision of logistics, including vehicles to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to help speed up contact tracing, and the supervision and monitoring of asymptomatic cases being managed from home.
In the address, the President hinted that active cases in the country for the past three weeks have increased.
“In recent weeks, however, we have observed a gradual change in the trajectory of the virus, with an increase in active cases from the three hundred and ninety-eight (398) cases recorded three weeks ago, to one thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine (1,139)active cases, as at Friday, 6th November 2020,” he stated
President Akufo-Addo also stated the government’s intention of employing the use of technology to augment contact tracing efforts, as well as the supervision and monitoring of home care cases.
He said it appears the country is letting its guard down and that his government is going to reaffirm the steps that have served well so far.
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He says the government will do anything possible to prevent a second wave of the novel coronavirus that has resurfaced in many other European countries across the world.
By Julius Kwabena Adofo || ghananewsonline.com.gh