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The Director of Public Health<\/a> at the Ghana Health<\/a> Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, has revealed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/a> will soon address the nation again on the measures outlined to deal with the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made this revelation on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday July 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time Mr Akufo-Addo addressed the nation on the pandemic was in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been calls on him to speak again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, Ranking member on the Health<\/a> Committee Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is surprised that the President has not spoken on the increasing rate of the infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Akandoh said government must be proactive and innovative in its dealings with the ravaging virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh who is also lawmaker for Juaboso told the journalists that \u201cI have heard about the Ghana Medical Association and other institutions speaking and it is clearly indicated that there are a lot of people who are worried out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is clearly missing is the political direction. I recall the last time the President addressed the nation on COVID-19 was somewhere on the 28th of February we have recorded new variants but the president is quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe numbers are skyrocketing and the no president is quiet. It looks as if we have no plan in place, nobody is speaking to us. We need a clear direction from the Political head or the President as he consistently was addressing the nation on issues of Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do not know whether or not it is the fact that he himself is guilty of the Covid protocols and so that is probably what has occasioned his huge silence on developments so far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Dr Asiedu Bekoe said Mr Akufo-Addo will soon address the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further revealed that celebrities, influencers and high profile chiefs are going to be used to campaign for adherence of coronavirus<\/a> protocols especially the face mask wearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the time has come for this approach to be adopted in ensuring that the people comply with the measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome don\u2019t wear the masks, the few that wear the mask pout it off so the next few  weeks  our drive is to make sure to get  the figures before June  so the next two months that is what we are going to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to have a very heightened campaign on promoting and enforcement of the mask wearing. Promotion is the use of influencers, the celebrities, the champions, high profile chiefs. The enforcement is going to be done at different levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you are going to sit in commercial transport (trotro) the station master must ensure that you have a mask before you sit, when you are going to the super market they must ensure you have the mask.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghana has recorded, cumulatively, 100,250 cases of COVID-19 with 819 deaths since March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Delta variant has also been detected in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is reported to be currently concentrated in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: 3news<\/a>.com|Ghana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Send your news stories to\u00a0dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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