The Volta Regional Director of Health Services Dr. Timothy S. Letsa has advised the general public not to disregard Covid-19 protocols instituted by the government since the fight against the pandemic is over yet.
Stressing that all and sundry have to stay safe by observing the time-tested protocols of wearing face masks appropriately, social distancing, and regular hand washing.
Dr. Timothy S. Letsa made this known in a press release issued and copied to mydailynewsonline.com after Volta Region in the past six weeks been experiencing an upsurge in the number of COVID 19 cases.
According to him, the Region presently has recorded the sixth-highest number of cumulative cases in the country after Greater Accra, Ashanti, Western, Eastern, and Central Regions.
This he said, in terms of active cases, the current active case count of 77 ranked the Volta Region eighth behind seven other regions in the country.
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Dr. Letsa hinted that the region recorded its first nine cases of COVID-19 on April 12, 2020.
“And as at August 23, this year, 4,176 cases which accounted for 3.6 percent of Ghana’s cumulative case count of 115, 525,” he noted.
According to him, as part of measures to alleviate the impact of the imminent third wave, necessitated the national strategy meeting organized by the Ghana Health Service on July 20, this year.
This he said, steps have been taken to strengthen the case management capacity with the establishment of five treatment centres to strategically serve the various zones within the Region.
Dr. Letsa added that the Ho Teaching Hospital currently managed the 40-bed capacity Regional Treatment Centre.
He, therefore, assured the public and specifically the inhabitants of the region that the health service was working with all stakeholders to implement all available interventions to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the region.
As the government is working assiduously to bring the situation under control; everyone has a responsibility to stay safe by adhering to the time-tested protocols.
