The Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most Rev. Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle has disclosed he has contracted Coronavirus.
According to the Vice President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, he is currently undergoing treatment at the Ga West treatment centre in Accra.
“My dear family and friends, today, Saturday, February 06 is my day 5 at the Ga East COVID Care Centre. I woke up with a hymn of thanks on my soul, namely HAIL QUEEN OF HEAVEN. As the first Saturday of this month of Our Lady of Lourdes, I pray her intercession for all the frontline medical personnel at this center offering such commitment to care for us COVID patients of which I am a very privileged one,” the Archbishop said in a video posted on social media Saturday.
He stressed: “Covid is real and let us be religious in our observation of the health protocols. God helps those who help themselves. I bless you. I miss you all. I hope to join you soon. Thanks for your prayers and good wishes. COVID-19 is real. We can overcome it in unity of focus and purpose. Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, Health of the Sick and Comforter of the Afflicted, pray for us.”
Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has now hit 449, according to the latest figures by the Ghana Health Service.
A total of 791 new COVID-19 cases have also been recorded, shooting up the active cases to 6,095.
Ghana has now recorded 70,046 cases of covid-19 with a total of 63,502 recoveries.
