NDC Covid-19 technical team backs GMA against lifting restrictions on public meetings



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The NDC opposition Covid-19 technical team supports the Ghana Medical Association’s call for the ban on public meetings not to be lifted.

Repeating the points raised by the GMA, the Team said that the prevalence and speed of Covid-19 spread in Ghana remains a clear and present danger.

“Any attempt to lift the restrictions on all forms of public meetings, in our opinion, is extremely premature and risky at this stage in the evolution of the virus in Ghana.” Furthermore, our borders should also remain closed at this time, ”a copied statement told JoyNews.

The Team recommends incorporating mass evidence into a holistic strategy to get a complete and accurate picture of the number of cases in the country.

As such, the Team awaits good news from the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) in its review of rapid test kits produced at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to enable the community assessment to be widely scale is feasible and efficient.

“For the foreseeable future, the NDC Task Force strongly urges the Government to more rigorously maintain and apply all World Health Organization (WHO) certified protocols aimed at reducing the spread of infection.”

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