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The government is developing an exit strategy to bring life back to normal, amid efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 in Ghana, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo.
In a meeting with the leaders of the Ghana University Teachers Association (UTAG), the President was emphatic, the ban on social gathering, the closing of borders cannot continue forever.
“It is not about events that can stay for long. We need to find a way to end them and return to some form of normality, “he said, acknowledging the role of the academy in this time of crisis.
A few weeks ago, the government announced the closure of all educational institutions in the wake of the increasing number of new coronavirus infections known to have accelerated in public meetings.
Many institutions have migrated their online course modules to allow access to teaching and learning for the comfort of student homes.
According to the president, the administration is seeking to improve existing measures to further contain the spread of the virus while implementing a permanent solution to save the lives of Ghanaians.
“The programs we are now working on to see how we can put together an exit strategy largely depend on the progress of the fight against the pandemic,” he said Thursday.
With more than 2,000 positive coronavirus cases, 212 recoveries, and 17 deaths from Covid-19, President Akufo-Addo also asked for UTAG’s cooperation to “work closely with the government, to make sure we get out of this thing.” as smart and complete as possible. “
He took the opportunity to praise the ingenuity exhibited by Ghana’s higher education institutions in the face of the pandemic.
The University of Ghana, on April 4, 2019, announced that it had successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, and obtained important information about the genetic makeup of viral strains in some confirmed cases. in Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) together with a diagnostic company, Incas Diagnostics in Kumasi, have also developed Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) for Covid-19 tests in minutes.
UTAG President Dr. Charles Marfo pledged the support of universities to government initiatives through research.
“We will encourage our community to continue working hard on what we do best, research. Because what we advise must come from an informed position, “he told the President.
