Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) seems unhappy with critics who are suggesting that COVID-19 figures are 'cooked'
Background
Special aide to former President John Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari recently questioned the number of recoveries published by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
During the weekend, the GHS released its latest figures on the disease and it showed a total of 1,754 COVID-19 patients recovering from the disease in Ghana.
Although some have expressed relief over the development, others have expressed skepticism about it. This has generated debate, especially on social media.
Overnight Recoveries?
In a tweet, she wondered how 790 COVID-19 patients recovered overnight in an update which indicated that Ghana had recorded 5,638 with 28 deaths.
“How the hell did 790 more people recover overnight!!...We need to put these numbers to strict proof!!” She tweeted.
Currently, the country's Coronavirus case count has shot up to 5,918 from 5,735 on Tuesday morning.
3 Weeks Recovery Rate
Hours after the tweet, the GHS responded by dismissing suggestions of 'cooked' figures.
The Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye speaking at a press briefing, Tuesday May 19, 2020 said; “When it comes to recoveries as I’ve been saying when someone is ill, if you do not die…at the end of the disease, within three weeks you’ll recover and I’m sure some of us have the experience…so from the beginning when we had one, two, three, we were not expecting major recoveries in the first one month of which they’ll come but as you have more cases, through data, you should expect more cases recovering. That’s why we’re having an exponential increase in the number of cases.”
Critics Should Get Infected
Commenting on the issue on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' Tuesday, the Ashanti Regional NPP Secretary quizzed; "Cooked figures? Why do we do this to ourselves...The best option is to ask questions but to accuse authorities of massaging the numbers…what is your intention for everyone to get infected? Sometimes I wish such critics will get infected to see if the figures are real or not."
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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These are suppose to be leading us,characters like this.Ghana is sick, the youth should rise up and take their country.
SAM PAYNE, its you and your family members that would get infected..this intolerance nature of the NPP must stop..what didnt we witness when your party was in opposition. give us a break, isnt she right by saying the figures must be put to strict proof. even your government was battling with the figures. ordinary 1,2,3 you guys were fumbling. no wonder you presented two set of figures , one to the IMP and one to Ghanaian. ***barred word*** and liars.. we shall teach you people a lesson in 2020
That's after you get it and die of it sir
Gimifo! Why wouldn't people doubt your figures when Ghana Health Service came and told the whole Ghana that we have reached our peak and just in 24hour period the cases shot up by thousands. Were you not here when health advisor to the president said, 3m Ghanaians will get COVID 19 and 150thousand will die. The next day same Nsiah asare came and said he lied. So people are right to doubt your figures because you don't have credible person leading the fight against COVID. Where there is no integrity doubt abound.