The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said there is still a chance of containing the deadly coronavirus if its chain of transmission is broken.
The sudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning, the WHO has bemoaned.
There are now cases linked to Iran in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, and Oman, along with cases linked to Italy in Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
The UN funding has been released to the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
It will fund essential activities including monitoring the spread of the virus, investigating cases, and the operation of national laboratories.
The WHO has called for US$675 million to fund the fight against coronavirus.
According to the WHO, there is a window of opportunity to contain the spread of the virus if countries take robust measures to detect cases early, isolate and care for patients, and trace contacts.
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his satisfaction with the measures the government has instituted to deal with any outbreak of the virus.
President Akufo-Addo made this known on Wednesday, (March 4, 2020), when he paid visits to the Kotoka International Airport, the Tema General Hospital and the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge).
He was accompanied by the Health Minister Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu.
The Minister of Health indicated that several stakeholder engagements with the Ghana Airport Company Limited, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority, at all Ghana entry ports, have been held to strengthen Ghana’s COVID-19 preparedness and surveillance.
The Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Mr Yaw Kwakwa, told President Akufo-Addo that, on arrival at the airport, all passengers are screened using thermal scanning devices at the airport, and passengers are also required to fill a health declaration form.
Source: rainbowradioonline.com
