Mr. Joe Jackson, a financial expert, has said that the mid-year budget statement to be submitted to parliament must concentrate on how the nation would cope with the dangers posed by the 3rd wave of the Covid-19.
Today, Thursday, July 29, Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta delivers the budget presentation to parliament.
Mr. Joe Jackson said in a tweet, “The biggest current risk to Ghana’s economy is another wave of COVID.” I pray the midyear review addresses this comprehensively. Over to you Hon Ken Ofori-Atta,… #COVIDisReal #COVID3Wave #MaskUpGhana
According to statistics on the coronavirus infection rate in Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the country is witnessing the 3rd wave of COVID-19 infections.
On Sunday, July 25, he addressed the country, saying, “I have not come into your homes for some time, because I had hoped that the next time I did so, I would come to announce that we were ready to lift the restrictions and protocols, and get our lives and economy back to normal.”
“Alas, that is not the case, so it has become necessary for me to come to your homes this evening, after a ten (10) week absence, to provide you with an update on our nation’s COVID-19 situation.”
He added “As per data available from the Ghana Health Service, it appears that, unfortunately, our nation is experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 infections.
“These increased infections have largely been driven by the Delta Variant of the virus, which, according to the World Health Organisation, has increased transmissibility rates, and, in our case in Ghana, has led, in recent weeks, to a rise in hospitalization and ICU bed uptakes, and, tragically, deaths.
“Indeed, in Update No.25, the last update I rendered, our total active case count stood at one thousand, three hundred and fourteen (1,314), with our daily infection rate standing at one hundred (100).
“One million, one hundred and twenty-one thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight (1,121,168) COVID tests had been conducted, out of which ninety-two thousand, four hundred and sixty (92,460) persons had been infected, ninety-one thousand, one hundred and forty-six (91,146) persons had recovered, with a total of seven hundred and eighty-three (783) deaths.”
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