President Nana Akufo-Addo will tonight address the nation on the coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak. The address is scheduled to take place at 8pm.
The president will also “measure” to deal with the deadly coronavirus disease.
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Ivory Coast has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 45-year-old Ivorian man who had recently traveled to Italy, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Ghana’s three neighbors – Ivory Coast, Togo, and Burkina Faso – have all confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
However, Forty-six suspected cases in Ghana have all proven negative.
Stop shaking hands
It will be recalled that, at the 63rd Independence Day Celebration, in Kumasi, on 6th March 2020, President Akufo-Addo admonished Ghanaians to stop shaking hands completely, and cover their mouths when their cough and sneeze to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease.
Describing the disease as a medical crisis that is bringing in its wake deaths and economic difficulties, and is spreading fear and panic throughout the world, President Akufo-Addo revealed that in the early days of the outbreak, he constituted, on 7th February, a high-powered emergency response team to handle the crisis.
The Team, he said, has been monitoring developments and reporting to him on a daily basis.
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom today declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic and urged countries across the world to find, isolate, test and treat every case.
“Ready your hospitals, protect and train your health workers,” he told a press conference in Switzerland.
