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The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, anticipates an increase in COVID-19 cases as a result of the post-election celebrations.
He also anticipated an increase in illness during the Christmas season due to business and social activities, as well as travel.
Addressing a press conference organized by the Information Ministry on Thursday in Accra, Dr. Kuma-Aboagye said that his team had improved surveillance in high-risk communities.
“By Christmas, there will be an increase in business activities which will obviously increase the risk of spread. Especially when we have most of the cases in Accra, people and business people are entering Accra to buy and sell in another city that creates another area that we have to be careful with, so these are some of the reasons why that we have to improve the game in terms of protocols, “he said.
“There will be an increase in travel within the country during the Christmas season, people will cross the country. There will also be an increase in social gathering activities. People are going to parties, these are all the places we have to. do look to make sure we don’t have a margin, “he added.
According to Dr. Kuma-Aboagye, events before and during the elections did not contribute to the increase in cases.
However, he noted that the GHS’s concern was post-election activities.
“For the election, our challenge is that queuing to vote … queuing is a risk, but a lot of our polling stations, due to the smaller numbers, we didn’t see the big queues that would have led to a risk. Sure. , the celebrations, the jubilation is another risk ”, he said.
COVID-19 cases
Giving a breakdown into the number of cases registered in the country, Dr. Kuma-Aboagye said that the cumulative number of cases as of December 8 was 52,844.
He said two more deaths had been recorded, bringing the count to 327.
The number of active cases was 897, while the total number of recoveries / discharges was 51,620.
Source: Graphiconline.com
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