The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has advocated for the expansion of free Covid-19 testing in high-risk regions across the nation.
The organization also advocated for improved contact tracing as well as rigorous isolation and treatment of all affected people at designated centers.
According to the GMA, these steps will aid in dealing with the country’s recent increase of Covid-19 instances.
These suggestions were presented by the GMA in a communiqué released at the conclusion of the fourth National Executive Council meeting in Accra on July 30, 2021.
“The Covid-19 situation in the country is alarming and dire at this particular moment especially with the rapid spread of the Delta variant in our communities.
“The risk of further exponential rises in the number of Covid-19 cases and its attendant strain on our already overstretched and fragile health system as well as the national economy cannot be overemphasized or discounted.
“The various major health facilities involved in the management of moderate, severe, and critically ill COVID-19 patients continue to see an increasing rate of infections and related deaths.
“The GMA calls for an urgent scale-up of free and enhanced COVDI testing in our communities especially in all identified COVID-19 hot spots, contact tracing as well as strict isolation and management of all infected persons at designated centers together with strict adherence and enforcement of all Covod-19 Preventive protocols to help break the chain of transmission.”
According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the number of active cases as of July 29 was 5,928.
86 of them are critically sick, with 17 in serious condition.
According to the GHS, the number of new cases recorded has risen to 664, bringing the total number of verified cases to 104,994.
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SOURCE: ATLFM ONLINE
