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Most people in rural areas still doubt the existence of the COVID-19 disease.
Some have argued that it was a ploy by governments around the world to restrict the freedom of their citizens.
This was collected by the Ghana News Agency when it interviewed celebrants in Adaklu Ahunda in the Adaklu district of the Volta region to find out why most of them did not wear nasal masks and did not maintained no social distancing during the Thanksgiving service hosted by the Chiefs and Residents of Adaklu Ahunda in honor of Rt. Rev. Dr. Lt. Col. (Rtd) Bliss Divine Agbeko from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Ghana during the weekend.
A woman who only identified herself as Martha told the GNA that she doubted the existence of the virus and that it was just to create fear and panic among the population.
She said that even though the disease was real, Christians did not need to panic because they were covered in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Mr. Gabriel Kwadzogah, a native of one of the Adaklu communities and a farmer, questioned the reasoning behind wearing the nasal mask all day, adding: “Why shouldn’t we have the freedom to breathe.”
But Ms Mavis Amedzorku, a midwife at the Adaklu Kodzobi Community Health Planning and Services Complex (CHPS), affirmed the existence of the disease.
“We should not ‘doubt Thomas of being attacked by COVID-19 and have an idea of its devastating effect before believing in its existence,” she warned.
Ms Amedzorku said everyone is a potential carrier of the disease and it’s not just city dwellers who are at risk.
She advised residents of rural communities to also observe all safety protocols, in particular to wash their hands under running water and wear their nasal masks whenever they want to go out.
— GNA
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