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The Republic of Korea, with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday donated 200,000 face masks to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The masks, believed to be able to filter out the SARS-CoV-2 particles responsible for Covid-19, are intended for frontline health workers across the country.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Jung-Taek Lim, who introduced the points, said his country supported six African countries; Ghana, Benin, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Guinea Bissau.
He said he was impressed by the government’s tireless efforts, especially through the GHS, to prevent the spread of the pandemic and that the number of recoveries, discharges and fatalities showed that the situation was being managed well compared to other countries.
He said living in these abnormal times calls for solidarity and cooperation from the international community. With this in mind, the Korean government is reaching out to Ghana to deal with the pandemic. “
Mr Lim recounted that on December 22 last year, the Korean government, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), handed over Covid-19 diagnostic kits worth $ 300,000 in Ghana, another intervention by Korea.
UNICEF Ghana Representative Anne-Claire Dufay commended the government, especially the Ministry of Health and GHS, for the hard work and relentless efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
She said UNICEF, in partnership with the Korean government, had facilitated the receipt of 111 pallets of masks at the regional supply center and would help deliver the items to five other beneficiary countries in Africa.
Ms Dufay said Ghana was leading by example in its impressive progress in immunizing the population with a focus on priority groups – health workers, people over 60 and people with health problems. underlying health.
She said that if more people were vaccinated, people would have a better chance of returning to normal life.
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of SGH, who received the articles, expressed his gratitude for the support adding that “it would go a long way in combating the pandemic”.
“The fight against the pandemic was not the business of one country, but the business of the whole world to eliminate the virus,” he said.
He said active Covid-19 cases in Ghana had increased from 8,000 four weeks ago to 4,000 while the country’s new daily cases had risen from 800 to 400 a day for four weeks, adding: 150. “
According to him, a total of 3,000 people have been vaccinated so far and have prayed that people continue to adhere to safety protocols to stop the spread of the virus.
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