Ghana has second largest Covid case in West and Central Africa

– Ghana has the highest cases of Covid-19 in West and Central Africa

– The country as of December 31 had more than 51 confirmed cases

– Government of Ghana steps up surveillance to prevent spread of variant

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ranked Ghana as the second country behind Nigeria to have the highest coronavirus cases in West and Central Africa combined.

As of December 31, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Ghana stood at 54,771. Already, the government is rushing to avoid the importation of a more deadly and contagious coronavirus.

The main task of the Ghana Infectious Disease Center will be to locate and track whether the new contagious variant of Covid-19 is found in the country.

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This new variant of the deadly virus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is more contagious than the coronavirus that the world is fighting.

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Ghana has second highest number of covid cases in West and Central Africa combined – UNICEF (Photo taken from Ministry of Health update online)
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Already, South Africa was the first African country to register a case of this new strain of the virus. Nigeria is the latest to register its first case.

Speaking to CitiFM about Ghana’s preparedness, Ghana Health Service’s Director of Public Health, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, revealed that aggressive testing is currently underway to determine if Ghana has a case. .

He believes any case will be easily monitored and tracked, especially when Ghana has one of the best testing and tracing regimes in Africa.

Meanwhile, Ghana is expected to roll out a mass vaccination program against Covid-19 in June 2021. Medical experts revealed on Joy News’s Newsfile program that the Ministry of Health is currently in the process of buying millions of dollars. doses.

Even though Ghana has outlined strategic interventions to stem the spread of the coronavirus, law enforcement has been very weak across the country. The Ghana Medical Association condemned what it described as “the indiscipline of Ghanaians to adhere to security protocols against Covid”.

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Many Ghanaians go about their business without covering their faces. The sale and purchase of hand sanitizers also fell as if the virus had been completely defeated in the sub-region.

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Cases continue to be recorded, particularly in Accra. A recent graphical presentation of the spread of the virus shows a peak in the first and second weeks of December.

Currently, the new reported case in Ghana was 62 as of December 14. Health Ministry infectious disease experts fear cases will increase by January 1.

Ghana’s Covid-19 cases have been on the rise since October, with the daily number of cases reaching dozens. Disease experts at the University of Ghana predict more than one million Ghanaians are carriers of the virus – although recent cases exceed 45,000.

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