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According to Akufo-Addo “as of Friday, 29th January, sixty-four (64) more people had sadly died over the last two weeks, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to four hundred and sixteen (416).
“Our hospitals have become full, and we have had to reactivate our isolation centres. Our average daily rates of infection now stand at seven hundred (700), compared to two hundred (200) two weeks ago. The total number of active cases has more than doubled, from a little over one thousand, nine hundred (1,900), two weeks ago, to five thousand, three hundred and fifty-eight (5,358) currently,” Akufo Addo further said.
With these unprecedented numbers, Akufo-Addo introduced the following measures.
According to Akufo Addo, these steps are necessary as a result of;
Cost of COVID-19 tests
The President further stated that,
“COVID-19 tests are free for all Ghanaians at public health institutions.” According to him, the government will bear the cost of care at isolation and treatment centres, should a Ghanaian patient test positive.
On the other hand, “the cost of the COVID test for in-bound ECOWAS nationals is pegged at fifty United States dollars ($50) at the Kotoka International Airport” while “the cost of the test for non-ECOWAS nationals still remains one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars.”
Vaccine procurement
With reference to Covid-19 vaccine procurement, he mentioned that a total of seventeen million, six hundred thousand (17.6 million) vaccines would be procured for Ghanaians by the end of June.
“Through bilateral and multilateral means, we are hopeful that, by the end of June, a total of seventeen million, six hundred thousand (17.6 million) vaccine doses would have been procured for the Ghanaian people. The earliest vaccine will be in the country by March,” said Akufo Addo.
Let us remember to follow all health and safety protocols to bring an end to this pandemic.
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Source : African Media Agency (AMA)