The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commended Ghanaians for adhering to the COVID-19 protocols, which has contributed to a significant reduction in the daily rate of infection.
Addressing the nation on Sunday (16 May 2021) in his 25th update on measures taken against the spread of coronavirus, Akufo-Addo said the daily rate of infection has currently dropped significantly from 400 to below 100.
“Our rate of infection has dropped significantly from four hundred (400) a day when I last spoke to you to less than one hundred (100) now, and the number of persons who have recovered from the virus has also increased from seventy-seven thousand, nine hundred and seventy-two (77,972) to ninety-one thousand, one hundred and forty-six (91,146) within the same period,” he said.
Akufo-Addo added: “One hundred and seventy-six (176) more persons, in that time, have also, unfortunately, lost their lives to COVID-19. Cumulatively, we have conducted one million, one hundred and twenty-one thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight (1,121,168) COVID tests.”
The president also thanked authorities of various schools for ensuring compliance as far as the COVID-19 protocols are concerned.
“I am particularly happy that the significant investments we have made in ensuring compliance with the safety protocols have enabled us to open, in safety, all schools, private and public, at all levels, and I want to thank parents, teachers and students for making them work.”
He also used the address to confirm that the second jab of the COVID vaccine will be administered from 19 May.
Fred Dzakpata
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