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Data on the rate of Covid-19 infections in Ghana shows that the case count in the country has peaked, revealed a senior Ghana Health Service (GHS) official.
GHS Director of Public Health Dr. Ebenezer Badu Sarkodie said Tuesday that the infection rate has not yet decreased, but this will only happen if the preventive protocol for the virus is followed.
“We are not yet out of the woods yet; but if we continue as we are doing now, adhering to various social distancing and various individual preventive measures, this will allow us to get down from where we are, “he said during the question and answer segment of a Ministry of Information briefing on anti-efforts. -Covid-19 from Ghana.
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Tuesday’s press conference at the Ministry of Information Press Center also addressed a number of issues, including Ghana’s Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) plans for Covid-19.
Ghana has recorded 2,719 cases of coronavirus as of May 4, 2020, with 18 deaths and 294 recoveries. The country has tested more than 129,000 suspected cases since March.
Answering the question about where Ghana was on the Covid-19 infection curve, Dr. Sarkodie explained that because Ghana started an aggressive and improved contact trace from the start, for example, testing many people who did not even show symptoms, only a few people did. virus positive from a large set of samples.
He said that the best data that Ghana has been using to plot the bell-shaped curve that indicates the country’s position in terms of infection rate, are the results of samples received from different parts of the country, that is, since 12 March 2020, when the The first case was confirmed.
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Global numbers of Covid-19 infections are growing rapidly and far from the peak, an expert from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
Dr. Gauden Galea, the WHO representative in China, said at a press conference that the only way to overcome the pandemic is when everyone has immunity, either from being exposed to the virus or after taking a vaccine.
Until then, we are given what we might call outdated public health methods that have stood the test of time. We need to assess risks at levels ranging from the top of the country level to individuals, “he said.
It has called for “tests, trials and tests” to improve risk assessment and prevention measures, such as hand washing and respiratory etiquette.
