In the meantime, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) insists a lockdown as a measure against the spread of COVID-19 will not be necessary at this time.
A section of the public has proposed a lockdown due to the spike in cases of the virus.
But the Vice President of GMA, Dr. Justice Yankson said Ghanaians will need to rather focus on strictly adhering to the safety protocols.
“We haven’t gotten to the point where a lockdown is necessary. The best we can do is to strictly enforce and adhere to the protocols. We need to intensify sensitization as well.”
“We need to relook some of the measures we enforced in the past, see how helpful they were to us and replicate same.”
Head of Community Health Department at the University of Ghana School of Public Health, Professor Alfred Yawson has thus encouraged citizens to make themselves available for the COVID-19 vaccination to reduce the spread of infections.
“There is certainly a case to be made for the vaccination, and whatever drive that we need for people to get vaccinated is important. Our National Treatment Centre for example has had, unfortunately, quite a number of health workers being infected. Because they are positive, they cannot be at the health facility to render service so if we are to get these infected health workers isolated, who will then take care of all those with the other conditions.”
Source: citinewsroom.com
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