Coronavirus fight will be a long hog – Akufo-Addo

The fight against the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana will be a long adventure, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said on Sunday April 26.

In his 8th address to the nation on the measures to fight against the pandemic, Mr Akufo-Addo said among other things that: “We are still very much in uncharted territory, we clearly, we still have some ways to go towards ridding ourselves off the virus.

“Truth is that this will be a long hog. Indeed we registered a modern of success in in the important battle of tracing and testing any of the persons who have come into contact with infected persons.

“We can’t and will not rest and mot let our guards down because the fight against this virus has to progress.”

COVID-19 cases in Ghana have increased to 1,550, the Ghana Health Service said on Sunday, April 26 2020.

It is, thus, up by 271 more cases.

Also, one more person has succumbed, bringing the number of deaths to eleven while 21 more persons have recovered.

Of the 271 new cases, 75 were detected through routine surveillance and 196 through enhanced contact-tracing.

So far, a total of 100,622 tests have been across the country by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine.

Regional breakdown

Greater Accra Region – 1,347, Ashanti Region – 69, Eastern Region – 57, Oti Region – 17, Central Region – 17, Northern Region – 13, Volta Region – 10, Upper West Region – 8, Upper East Region – 8, North-East Region – 2, Western Region – 1 and Western North Region – 1.

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com