General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu believes that Ghana would have recorded a higher rate of confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus, similar to what is happening in European countries if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were to be in power.
He explained that the opposition NDC, under John Dramani Mahama, would have worsened the situation for the country because they shared the same belief as other European countries that went in for their citizens in China at the beginning of the pandemic.
#BringBackStudents
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, John Boadu asserted that the NDC strongly entreated the Akufo-Addo government at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, to evacuate Ghanaian students stranded in the Wuhan Province in China, and even went further to create a hashtag on social media.
“Those countries like Iran, UK, Italy, Spain and USA that reasoned like the NDC and brought their citizens back from China, have you seen their situation today? The number of COVID-19 cases would have skyrocketed and spiraled out of control just as its happening in those countries if NDC under Mahama was in power,” he asserted.
Proactive Gov't
Touching on contact tracing, John Boadu intimated that a lot of the advanced countries are now focusing on contact tracing strategy, placing Ghana ahead of them in terms of being proactive.
“As we speak now, the enhanced surveillance and contact tracing that Ghana rolled out about two weeks ago, is now being replicated in other foreign countries. In the UK, if you live with someone who has tested positive, you don’t have the right to go to the hospital to test whether you have the virus or not. They don’t have voluntary testing kits unless you are sick and hospitalised or you are showing symptoms of the virus before you will be tested. This is what is happening in the UK,” he indicated.
Current Case Count
The country's case count is now at 834, this includes 99 recoveries, 4 moderate to severe cases as well as 234, who are well and responding to treatment.
The mortality rate has however increased by one figure, bringing the total deaths to nine (9).
This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service on its official COVID-19 update page on April 18th, 2020,
The GHS is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing as part of the COVID-19 testing exercise. This is after some 57,000 samples have already been successfully tested as of April 15th 2020.
In the first batch of this backlog, an additional 198 have been found to be positive. This will bring Ghana’s total case count to 834 at the moment. The general public is however advised that this does not represent new infections that are occurring. It represents results from tests of a backlog of samples.
The laboratories have been working day and night to test this large number of samples. Hopefully in the next few days, all the testing would be completed.
Total samples tested so far now stands at 60, 916 with 1.37 % testing positive.
Regions that have reported cases and breakdown are as follows: Greater Accra - 685, Ashanti - 59, Eastern - 51, Northern - 11, Volta - 9, Upper East - 8, Upper West - 8, Central - 1, Western - 1 and North East - 1.
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John Boadu has met his match here la. My sympathies for the bashing you are receiving. Hahaha. Ajeeeeeiiii.
***barred word*** your ***barred word*** alchol mouth....Who imported Corona to Ghana? How i wish this deadly virus affect all this bragart to smell how it is to be infected. Empty barrels makes the most noise huh
John the Apio is too much. Its manifesting all over you
This is the kind of people who lack wisdom and commom knowledge, NPP will go to opposition if these is the kind of people they have. What was the effect of EBOLA during MAHAMA administration.
Dirty politics....it tells how people are power drunk...
So this guy is a general secretary. Dose he think before speaking? How many students in China contracted Covid 19 yet we still had Covid 19 imported into this country by the incompetence of your government. Not surprise, when we have people like you in this government.
Ghana has got a poor health service and system. True or false. If it is not politics why would anyone else support what Asiedu Nketia said?.' Ghana should have tested all the people in the partial locked down areas". Nonsen&e. Here in UK less than 5 percent of people have been tested and one is talking about a country with a very good health service. United we stand. We should not thank the president for doing what he is hired to do. John Boadu should not play politics with the corona virus.
Lazy,inept,and impotent preside6 will resort night address.solutions demands common sense approach .He should himself for questioning by Pressmen.Change the the Corona man, change nana Coro. Change the SLEEPING President
CORONA 19 IS A DISEASE IMPORTED INTO THE COUNTRY .THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND HIS INEPT AND IMPOTENT GOVERNMENT WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT LAND andTARRITORIAL WATERS OF GHANA.NANA CORO WAS SLEEPING ON HIS JOB, HIMSELF,NORWAY AMBASSADOR, CRONIES IMPORTED THE VIRUS INTO COUNTRY FROM NORWAY. .THEY ARE MBLESSED TO BE WALKING FREELY,FEEDING ON TAXES OF TAXI DRIVERS MASSON,CARPENTERS,TEACHERS . To add insults they GALLOPING CONTRACTING LOAN FROM IMF WHICH FEW MONTHS ago THEY HAVE DEMONISED. THESE LOANS ARE GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY YOUR UNBORN CHILDREN.
Tell your president to stop the lazy approach with late evening announcement and switch to daytime and take on questions and answers. The citizens need a common sense approach in fighting the pandemic. Unless we admit that president is only a ceremonial figure.