In his effort to combat the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tamale, the Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Mohammed Bantima Samba has donated 2,500 hand sanitizers to Media Houses, the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Ambulance Service, and the Ghana National Fire Service among others.
According to the NPP Chair, these organizations and institutions offer services to the general public and could serve as a spreading point if the officers there do not abide by safety precautions.
Donating the sanitizers to some Media houses on behalf of Chairman Samba, the Northern Regional Director of Communications for the NPP, Mr. Sule Salifu lauded the media for their role in sensitizing the public on good hygiene in combating the spread of COVID-19 in Northern Ghana. He appealed to the media not to relent on educating the public on the need to abide by the President’s directives on social distancing, avoid handshakes and staying at home.
Mr. Sule said Chairman Samba prioritizes the health of all citizens in Northern Ghana, hence his personal donation to assist in combating the deadly Coronavirus.
At the Ghana National Ambulance Service, staff were full of praise to Chairman Samba for remembering them in this difficult times, saying “some of our colleagues just left to Kumasi with samples for testing for COVID-19 without hand sanitizers with them, we are very happy to receive these sanitizers at this critical moment, God richly bless him”, one officer told Mr. Sule Salifu.
A total of 731 contacts of confirmed cases are currently being followed up by the contact tracing team.
As of 14:00 hours on the 28th March 2020, a total of 2,519 persons have been tested for COVID-19 in Ghana. Among the tested, 1,276 (50.7%) were persons under mandatory quarantine with 1,243 (49.3%) from routine surveillance activities. Among all 2,519 persons tested, one hundred and forty-one (141) tested positive representing 5.6%.
Among persons under mandatory quarantine, 79 representing 6.2% tested positive. Among samples tested from routine surveillance, sixty-two (62) representing 5.0% tested positive.
Only three regions have so far reported cases- the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Upper West Regions from routine disease surveillance. One case has been confirmed in the Upper West Region. The Ashanti Region has recorded 7 of the 8 cases recorded outside the Greater Accra Region. All other 54 cases from routine surveillance were recorded in the Greater Accra Region.
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