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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says new variants of Covid-19 from the United Kingdom (UK) are spreading faster and widely among the Ghanaian population, with a higher disease burden.
The GHS says the trend for the spread of the UK variants could overtake the traditional trend that exists in Ghanaian communities if people do not strictly adhere to the prevention and safety protocols put in place by the government.
GHS chief executive Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, who announced it on Tuesday, has pleaded with Ghanaians to step up wearing face masks and observe other safety protocols to avoid contracting the deadly virus.
In his address to the media, he indicated that there was an increasing number of infections in the workplace, which urged managers of public and private organizations to adopt a shift system and virtual platforms. to curb the spread of the virus.
The GHS director said he had stepped up contact tracing in sensitive areas, with 3,500 tests performed daily, adding that the service had deployed data entry clerks and surveillance officers to public health laboratories , so the Covid-19 screening tests in public health laboratories were free.
Meanwhile, Ghana has recorded 772 new cases of Covid-19, with eight additional deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 424 as of January 30, 2021.
294 people have been admitted to treatment centers, of which 34 are in critical condition, 122 cases are severe and 138 cases are considered mild and moderate.
The daily average of new cases in the country is 700.
Of the 772 new cases, the Greater Accra region recorded 544 cases in 20 districts, or 84.8%.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 67,782 after performing 783,452 tests, with 61,843 people released / discovered (91.2%) and a positivity rate of 8.7%.
Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the government will step up its messages this week to educate and raise public awareness about security protocols and called on the media to collaborate in this regard.
He noted that given the severity of the newer COVID-19 variants, it was imperative that everyone be on guard to avoid contracting the infectious disease.
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