A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) COVID-19 Rapid Response Team, Hon. Mintah Akandoh, believes Ghana would not have recorded any case of the global scourge, if the Akufo-Addo government had worked with his earlier suggestion to subject people entering the country through the borders or airport to mandatory quarantine.
To him, our worst fears have been realized with some carriers of the Coronavirus having had contacts with Ghanaians resident in the country, before President Akufo-Addo's directive on mandatory quarantine came into effect.
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, the Ranking Member on Health Committee in Parliament, while commending the Akufo-Addo government for the current measures on mandatory quarantine in place, was emphatic that the NDCs COVID-19 Rapid Response Team was not set up to rival any national body or committee.
“…the way we are conducting the quarantine, I admire it a lot and that was what I earlier said; the government should have quarantined every traveler after testing them at the airport before they are allowed in. If we had adhered to my suggestion earlier, and we even recorded 1000 cases at the isolation centers, I will not be scared...
“If we were able to arrest them at the borders and at the airport and detained them to test them to establish those who are positive and had recorded 1 million cases, I will not be scared”, he reiterated.
He feared that with the recorded cases shifting from the vertical to horizontal transmission, "some people who are possible carriers of the virus have already entered into the country and interacted with people, making it more deadly now."
Touching on the recent fumigation exercise at the various market places, the Juaboso lawmaker stressed that though laudable, it must be done regularly.
“Some people have also said that the fumigation which took place on Monday was good, whether we have COVID-19 or not, it is important that we regularly engage in such exercise of fumigating our market places…but the fumigation in principle was a good exercise”, Mintah Akandoh added.
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) COVID-19 Rapid Response Team, Hon. Mintah Akandoh, believes Ghana would not have recorded any case of the global scourge, if the Akufo-Addo government had worked with his earlier suggestion to subject people entering the country through the borders or airport to mandatory quarantine.
To him, our worst fears have been realized with some carriers of the Coronavirus having had contacts with Ghanaians resident in the country, before President Akufo-Addo's directive on mandatory quarantine came into effect.
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, the Ranking Member on Health Committee in Parliament, while commending the Akufo-Addo government for the current measures on mandatory quarantine in place, was emphatic that the NDCs COVID-19 Rapid Response Team was not set up to rival any national body or committee.
“…the way we are conducting the quarantine, I admire it a lot and that was what I earlier said; the government should have quarantined every traveler after testing them at the airport before they are allowed in. If we had adhered to my suggestion earlier, and we even recorded 1000 cases at the isolation centers, I will not be scared...
“If we were able to arrest them at the borders and at the airport and detained them to test them to establish those who are positive and had recorded 1 million cases, I will not be scared”, he reiterated.
He feared that with the recorded cases shifting from the vertical to horizontal transmission, "some people who are possible carriers of the virus have already entered into the country and interacted with people, making it more deadly now."
Touching on the recent fumigation exercise at the various market places, the Juaboso lawmaker stressed that though laudable, it must be done regularly.
“Some people have also said that the fumigation which took place on Monday was good, whether we have COVID-19 or not, it is important that we regularly engage in such exercise of fumigating our market places…but the fumigation in principle was a good exercise”, Mintah Akandoh added.
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KWABENA AKANDO, YOU HEARD PEOPLE SINGING MANDATORY QUARANTINE AND YOU JOINED THE CHORUS THEN TURN AROUND TO CLAIM THE OWNERSHIP OF MANDATORY QUARANTINE. ARE YOU A THIEFF OR A LIAR? IS THAT WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO WITH YOUR BRAIN CHILD NDC TEAM "E9" WHEN YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT YOU COULD NOT ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH YOU TEAMS"A" "B" "C" "D" BUT NOW YOU THINK YOU CAN BE OF USE WITH TEAM "E"? AKAMDO YOU ARE BEHAVING CHILDISHHH. IN THIS BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 IT IS NOT A MATTER OF THE FIRST TO SHOOT BUT THE QUESTION OF THE RIGHT TIME TO SHOOT. I WISH YOU COULD MATURE FOR ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE BEEN IN PARLIAMENT. WISE UP.
KWABENA AKANDO, YOU HEARD PEOPLE SINGING MANDATORY QUARANTINE AND YOU JOINED THE CHORUS THEN TURN AROUND TO CLAIM THE OWNERSHIP OF MANDATORY QUARANTINE. ARE YOU A ***barred word*** OR A LIAR? IS THAT WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO WITH YOUR BRAIN CHILD NDC TEAM "E9" WHEN YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT YOU COULD NOT ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH YOU TEAMS"A" "B" "C" "D" BUT NOW YOU THINK YOU CAN BE OF USE WITH TEAM "E"? AKAMDO YOU ARE BEHAVING CHILDISHHH. IN THIS BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 IT IS NOT A MATTER OF THE FIRST TO SHOOT BUT THE QUESTION OF THE RIGHT TIME TO SHOOT. I WISH YOU COULD MATURE FOR ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE BEEN IN PARLIAMENT. WISE UP.
So what? Who cares about whose idea it was anyway? Come out with a curative drug if you want to be hailed. Rubbish!
WHAT CAN THIS NDC MAN WITH DINING HALL PREFECT EXPERIENCE, CAN HELP GHANAIANS WITH THIS CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, THESE NDC ARE VERY FUNNY PEOPLE. THEY THINK GHANA GOVERNANCE IS A JOKE, NOBODY WILL LISTEN TO THESE NDC JOKERS PARTY. IF IT WAS NDC GOVERNANCE BY NOW THE PANDEMIC HAVE CAPTURE THE WHOLE GHANA BY NOW, IS THIS PANDEMIC A POLITICS BUSINESS NDC
NOW I KNOW THAT GHANA POLITICS IS CHEAP AND VALUELESS:WHO IS THIS NDC MAN AT ALL?MP------APUU
And so what? Since you were the one who suggested that can you as well suggest how we cure those that have tested positive? ***barred word***
And so...... ??????
Akando do you have any idea? You can say you were among the people who suggested the use of compulsory quarantine. A cursory search through the newspapers will show that experts were suggesting same like in other countries like the UK. May be this is positive that is why you are touting it, were you part of the NDC propaganda machinery that evaded the media space putting excessive pressure on government to bring back its students from china and to a large extent its citizens? You should be celebrating that too. Why are you been selective? You lack knowledge unfortunately and most of these young men are in a hurry to become MPs' or Ministers immediately their government comes into power. Why can't you develop yourself to make a meaningful contribution by way of exposure before aspiring to ascend to such places so mother Ghana can benefit. But am not a novice to this strategy of most of you. Egotistic tendencies. Bye!!! We shall be back someday to these facts.
see this guy...a village MP ampa.....mtweeeew
This one dee is true Akando was all over the place saying it.