Ghana president warns of health system overload as Covid cases soar
If they do, the president mentioned he would impose one other partial lockdown, regardless of worries about what that might do to at least one of West Africa’s largest economies.
“Our Covid-19 treatment centers have gone from having zero patients to now being full because of the upsurge in infections,” the president mentioned. “At this current rate … our healthcare infrastructure will be overwhelmed.”
Across Africa, a second coronavirus wave is infecting twice as many individuals per day than on the top of final yr’s first wave and has but to peak, in line with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rise has raised concern throughout the continent the place, not like in Europe and the United States, cash-strapped governments have been unable to safe provide offers with vaccine producers, placing the onus for now on containment.
Akufo-Addo mentioned particulars about entry to vaccines and a roll out plan could be introduced “very soon”.
He mentioned that some folks arriving from overseas had examined optimistic for “new variants” of the virus, with out giving particulars.
“Work is ongoing to determine the presence and extent of spread of the new variants in the general population,” Akufo-Addo mentioned.
