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A Senior Officer of the Vector Control Unit, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Abel Djangmah, has reiterated the need to continuously intensify the ongoing monthly disinfection operation at the country’s airports.

According to him, this has become necessary, especially in the wake of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 pandemic, which spreads fast, and the fact that a lot of people (both Ghanaians and foreigners) travelled into the country for the Yuletide.

Mr Djangbah made the call while speaking to the media during this month’s disinfection exercise at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Monday night (January 17, 2022).

He said for the past year, Zoomlion has been disinfecting the country’s airports every month, explaining that “we do that because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and that just a little about two weeks ago, we were at Kotoka to embark on same all as part of efforts to fight the virus.”

However, he indicated that one key challenge with the Covid fight was the unstable nature of the virus.

This development, he stressed, was making the control measures by scientists a little challenging.

“Therefore, we cannot relent on our efforts in the previous exercises that we have done. We have to continue applying all the necessary measures until it is finally declared that Covid-19 is no more in the country,” Mr Djangbah urged.

In addition to the airports disinfection, the senior officer of the Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion said it was equally imperative that Ghanaians also obey the other Covid safety protocols.

He said these were wearing of nose mask, regular washing of hands with soap, use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers and practising social distancing as well.

“So, all these measures together will help mother Ghana defeat Covid-19,” he said.

On the question of effectiveness of the disinfection exercise, Mr Djangbah said the product being used by his outfit was very potent enough to fight the virus.

“…and in particular, it works on surfaces very well. So it kills viruses on surfaces instantly when applied. These are products that are not produced here but imported from Germany and other places.”

…So they have been tested and proven to be efficacious, and they have worked in several countries,” he said.