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Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye – Director General of Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Ghana Health Service (GHS) Director General Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the drop in COVID-19 infections offers the government a window to speed up vaccinations to ensure more people are protected against any future increased infections.
“There is an increase in the availability of vaccines and those vaccinated are less likely to be hospitalized, so now is the time to vaccinate more people as this is the only way to ensure that the majority of the population is protected, “he added.
He said Ghana has so far received around 4.8 million doses of the vaccine through different arrangements to ensure the government reaches
its goal of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of the year.
He said 65.70 percent of all vaccines received in the country were AstraZeneca, while Moderna made up 25.21 percent.
Johnson & Johnson and Sputnik-V formed 8.66 and 0.43%, respectively.
According to Dr Kuma-Aboagye, just over 1.6 million doses had been administered as of September 26 of this year.
He said the government is still working tirelessly to get enough vaccines to reach its goal.
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Dr Kuma-Aboagye, who made this known at the minister’s press conference, said there had been a drop in active and daily COVID-19 cases; as well as admission cases in the three main regions of the Greater Accra hotspot, Ashanti and Volta in the past three weeks.
He added that there was also a drop in the number of international travelers to the country who tested positive.
As of September 25 of this year, he said, 502,711 passengers had been tested at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, of which 2,789 were positive, bringing the overall positivity of the test to 0.55%.
About 61.9% of all those who tested positive were males, while 50% of all KIA positive cases were non-Ghanaians,
Regarding infections in schools, he said, 461 schools had recorded cases of COVID-19, with a recovery of 98.8%.
Of the 23 active cases among students in six regions, the Volta region recorded the highest, with zero cases in the Northeast region, it
added.
BOST operations
For his part, the Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and ‘Transportation (BOST) Limited, Mr. Edwin Alfred Provencal, who also spoke to the media, said that there had been a significant improvement in the revenues of the business through careful management.
As a result, he said, BOST managed to repay its $ 624 million to $ 39 million commercial debt over four years, claiming that 73% of the debt was paid from internally generated funds ( IGF).
Apart from this, Mr. Provencal Sald, the company also reduced claims on bulk oil distribution companies (BD) from $ 37 million to Sit million.
He also said the hoses and fittings purchased since 2011 were on their way to the country from Houston in the United States.
Over the past two years, he added, the company’s income-generating assets have grown from 17 percent to 75 percent.
He said that with the support of the Department of Energy and the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the export of petroleum products to neighboring countries
landlocked countries had started.
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