Ghana’s President Appreciates Church for Offering COVID-19 Isolation Centers

The Ghanaian Prelate added, “As a Church at the national and diocesan levels, we remain committed to (assisting) the government in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

In his televised address, President Akufo-Addo stated, “Such institutions deserve the sincere appreciation of the entire nation, as does the gesture of the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, who has offered his 70-bed hospital in Toase, in the Ashanti Region, as a COVID-19 treatment center.”

As of Tuesday, June 23, the West African nation COVID-19 confirmed cases were 14,154 with 10,907 recoveries and 85 fatalities.  

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo also noted that stigmatization of COVID-19 patients makes the fight against the pandemic difficult.

“This increased number of persons being discharged from our isolation and treatment centers brings in its wake yet another issue that we have to deal with – stigmatization,” the President said.

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“It is obvious that stigmatization is adding further dimensions to the already difficult problem of the pandemic,” he further said and added, “Part of the reason for the spread of the virus is the reluctance of some persons to admit they have tested positive and go into quarantine for fear of being stigmatized and in the process, continue to be agents of the spread of the virus.” 

He assured Ghanaians that “persons who test positive for the virus, once they recover, do not pose any danger whatsoever to anyone, because the scientists tell us that they can no longer spread the virus.”