Ghana confirms two Coronavirus cases
Ghana has confirmed two cases of the deadly coronavirus, the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu has disclosed.
The cases were confirmed on March 12, 2020. The Noguchi memorial institute has confirmed the cases.
The two individuals came into the country from Norway and Turkey. They have been quarantined, the health minister said.
On Wednesday Presidentirected the Minister for Finance, Ken
Ofori-Atta, to make available the cedi equivalent of $100 million to
enhance Ghana’s Coronavirus preparedness and response plan.
This amount, according to President Akufo-Addo, “is to fund the
expansion of infrastructure, purchase of materials and equipment, and
public education.”
Delivering an address to the nation the President explained that,
with the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the
Coronavirus disease as “a pandemic”, it is important that Ghana steps up
her preparedness to ensure that, beyond the initial measures that have
been put in place, a ‘whole of Ghana’ approach is adopted in preparation
for a possible hit within the country’s borders.
Already, all of Ghana’s immediate neighbours, Burkina Faso, Cote
d’Ivoire and Togo, have recorded confirmed cases of infections, and
countries like Italy, where there is a large population of Ghanaians,
have escalated their response to the outbreak.
Ghana’s entry points, such as her airports and land borders,
President Akufo-Addo said, continue to show satisfactory preparedness to
screen all entrants into the country, with the Ministry of Health
designating a quarantine facility that can hold infected persons, whilst
regional hospitals are preparing isolation centres for holding
suspected cases.
Source: Starr Fm
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