Advisor to the President on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare says he is hopeful about one thousand (1,000) more Covid-19 patients will be discharged soon.
According to him, there are about 1,500 infected persons yet to have a confirmatory second test.
“I’m confident that there are about a thousand of people to be discharged soon”, he said.
The sharp increase in the recovery cases has generated mixed reactions among some Ghanaians as some have begun disputing the figures with others calling for a strict proof to ascertain the veracity of the figures by the Ghana Health Service.
But Dr. Nsiah explains there could be more recoveries in the coming days.
Currently, Ghana has 5,735 confirmed cases of Covid-19, 29 deaths with recoveries shooting up to 1,754 from over the last week.
Dr. Nsiah Asare said Ghanaians should not be unnecessarily alarmed by the increasing numbers of infected persons but rather pay heed to precautionary measures so as not to spread the disease.
On his part, Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Aboagye Dacosta said the service is very transparent with the statistics of COVID-19.
Speaking on an Accra based local radio station Dr. Aboagye Dacosta noted that, the sharp rise in recoveries is due to the expanded capacity as extra laboratories have been set up for mass testing and the cleared backlog at the testing centres.
“The overnight result is also because we have scaled up our methods.” He said
With this improvement, he added Ghana could be recording more recoveries of the Coivd-19.
“We are even able to test about five thousand (5,000) samples a day. I’m sure there will be more recoveries because we have stepped up our process of doing two confirmatory negative tests, he mentioned.
Dr. Aboagye has also called for all stakeholders to come on board and help contain the spread of the virus in the country particularly to reduce stigma against infected persons.
He expressed worry that recovered patients of covid-19 could suffer stigmatization when they get to their various homes.
“We don’t even know what will happen to them when they get to their various homes. We don’t know if their families will accept them or not, or treat them as outcast. I call on traditional leaders, media, celebrities; let’s all join this stigma fight, together we can win the battle”, he appealed.
SOURCE: Victoria Enyonam Adonu/ATL FM News
