Current confirmed cases in Ghana as at 12thApril,2020.
With this issue of Convid-19,I believe the government’s approach towards its fight have been quite inefficient..It is barely one month since the country confirmed it’s two cases but unfortunately, we lead in West Africa with 566 cases as at 12th April,2020 ahead of countries like Nigeria,Togo,Burkina,Faso,Senegal and Cameroon who recorded cases before Ghana.
Some measures have been introduced towards its solution but to whether the current measures can be trusted is quite mysterious because this issue began in Accra the capital but the inability to contain the virus in Accra alone led to confirmation of cases in Kumasi. Restrictions were however put on public gatherings,schools were closed and some measures were introduced for activities in some facilties or places.Later on,Accra and some parts Kumasi were locked down partially in addition to some efforts on our borders and later the international airport which included mandatory and self quarantine (mostly for VIPs) for new people who entered the country.This was before the airport was closed.Wierdly enough,we had individuals travelling from Accra to the Northern part of Ghana via public transport during this period which led to a case been recorded in Wa.Therefore if these measures were very effective, how did the country manage to record that case in Wa.Now cases in the Northern part of Ghana kept increasing drastically and yet still nothing was done to the curb its spread to other unaffected regions.
Citizens were continuously informed basically on issues pertaining to the increased number of cases without any idea on necessary control measures,how contact tracing is ongoing and where or how contacts are been quarantined.
Moreover,movements in affected regions to regions unaffected which are not on lockdown were still on going.For example,a person from Tamale in an affected region can travel to Oti,Volta,Bono,Ahafo and Eastern region without fear of restrictions.Corresponding to this,illegal movements of people to lockdown areas were still on going.A significant example is Guinean national who escaped from Tamale to Accra when Accra was on a partial Lockdown.
Current situation of spread in the country.
Today Ghana has Convid-19 cases in 10 regions with Eastern Region recording more cases at an unpromising rate.We have an idea of how it began the region but to how its spreading at at that rate, we can not tell and to whether the NIA card registration in the Eastern region at the point where the country had recorded cases of community spread,its still a mystery.I am only hoping the government restructure its measures and makes it more effective and efficient towards the solution of this global pandemic in the country.
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