Accra, Ghana//-The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that it would roll-out measures to address the recent global increase in new cases of COVID-19 in China and other countries.
According to the GHS, this situation, juxtaposed with the decline and sustained low levels of COVID-19 cases in Ghana over the past three months, is precarious.
The GHS which made the announcement in a press release issued in Accra on January 1, 2023 noted that Ghana’s relatively low vaccine coverage poses a major threat of importation and a new wave of COVID-19 infection in the country.
The Service is therefore taking the needed steps to ensure the situation does not get out of hand, the press release said.
The Director-General of GHS, Dr. Patrick Kumah-Aboagye who signed the press release assured: “This situation calls for tightening and reviewing of existing measures to avert further outbreaks. Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health are critically monitoring the situation in consultation with key stakeholders. We will shortly come out with our country specific measures to address the current threat of COVID-19, especially with respect to importation”.
The GHS also encouraged all Ghanaians who have not availed themselves for the COVID-l9 vaccination to do so, saying: “Those who have taken their first dose are to go for the second dose and those who have taken their second dose are also entreated to go for the booster. Vaccination remains the best protection against COVID-19 infection”.