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Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, presidential health adviser to the presidency, said the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country will be based on its effectiveness, access, affordability, availability and deployment.
He recalled that Ghana recorded its first case of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020 and that since then the disease has continued to spread, with the country currently having established community transmission.
Dr Nsiah-Asare said cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in all parts of the country, with the Greater Accra region being the epicenter of the outbreak in Ghana, recording the highest number and severity of the outbreak. disease.
“As of January 16, 2021, the country has recorded a total of 58,431 positive cases, of which 55,899 of them have recovered and released, including 2,174 active cases including 134 in severe and critical conditions,” said Dr Nsiah-Asare in his talk at the 72nd Annual New Year’s School and ongoing lecture on “Building Ghana in the face of global health crises”.
“Unfortunately, during this period we have lost 358 Ghanaians,” he said.
Dr Nsiah-Asare said that over the past three weeks there has been an increase in the number of active cases, with an average daily rate of around 200 new cases.
He noted that apart from those with recent travel histories, most had contracted the virus by attending funerals, parties, without wearing the mandatory mask.
Dr Nsiah-Asare said Ghana is currently embarking on a strategic, controlled, gradual and secure easing of restrictions on public gatherings to bring people’s lives and the economy back to normal.
He expressed concern that in recent times relatively younger patients were succumbing to the disease with a sudden increase in new cases.
Dr Nsiah-Asare said the government was handling the situation and had just asked schools to reopen, also considering reopening land and sea borders to human trafficking.
He said the government was launching the Agenda 111 program for the construction of 101 district hospitals, seven regional hospitals in the six new regions and the western regions, two mental hospitals in Kumasi and Tamale and the renovation and equipment of the Effia Nkwanta hospital.
The school is organized by the School of Continuing and Distance Education, College of Education, University of Ghana.
The New Year’s school and annual conference since its inception in 1948, has been the flagship program of the University, which always opens at the start of the New Year.
— GNA
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