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The Chinese government presented its second batch of medical supplies to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday to support Ghana in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The supplies consisted of 20,000 N-95 protective masks, 350,000 surgical masks and 10,000 disposable overalls, 15,000 of medical glasses, disposable gloves and 3,000 disposable shoe covers.
The Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy, Mr. Zhu Jing, delivered the supplies to the Ministry represented by the Vice Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Oko-Boye, in a short ceremony in Accra.
According to Mr. Zhu, the Chinese government was the first to send medical supplies on chartered planes to 18 African countries, including Ghana, to help ensure the safety of healthcare workers, especially front-line workers, in the initial stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The subsequent gesture by the Chinese government, he said, was a reciprocity of the global solidarity shown by the country when it was hit hard by the pandemic in the early stages.
He said that China’s situation was improving rapidly with no cases of domestic infection over the past month, except for new cases being imported into the country due to incoming flights, and the country had also seen improved economic growth by a 3.2 percent. in the second quarter, from its initial drop of 6.8 percent in the first quarter of the year.
Mr Zhu commended the Ghanaian government and its agencies for working hard to control the spread of the virus and said the Chinese government would make the Covid-19 vaccine that was being developed easily accessible and affordable for everyone when they were ready for delivery. use. and urged countries to stand in solidarity in the fight against the common global enemy.
Dr. Oko-Boye thanked the benefactors for the donation and the partnership that existed between the two countries and said that while Ghana was confident of winning the war against Covid-19 quickly, it needed a strong partnership to protect its citizens from the importing the virus.
“That is why Ghana insists on a negative PCR test before getting on board a plane and undergoing an antigen test”, to find out the current Covid-19 status of a person and their ability to transmit the virus. others if they tested positive.
According to Dr. Oko-Boye, the current number of active cases of 564 people in the last update was inspiring and encouraging and urged Ghanaians to continue to observe all safety and hygiene protocols, including the mandatory use of face masks and the rule of social distancing. , to help maintain the achievements.
The Vice Ministry of Health, however, warned Ghanaians against complacency, saying that the war was not over yet and that “Covid-19 is one of the few situations in which one man’s caution is not enough, but all they must be interested in the safety of others, as the recklessness of one person could ruin all the important things that have been put in place. “
He said the Chinese government donation echoed the fact that the war was not over yet, and called on the media to maintain education and advocacy against Covid-19-related stigma and timely notification of cases for save lifes.
