Leadership failure is to blame for high number of coronavirus cases in Ghana – Dr Ayensu Danquah

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Dr Grace Ayensu Danquah is a surgeon and politician

NDC 2020 parliamentary candidate for Essikado Ketan, Dr Grace Ayensu Danquah, blamed the Akufo-Addo administration for the skyrocketing COVID-19 cases in the country.

Speaking to Prince Minkah on Dwaboase on XYZ TV, the US-trained surgeon explained that the failure of the country’s leaders to religiously adhere to COVID-19 protocols is the reason why most Ghanaians don’t. not seriously attached to practices that will prevent them from becoming infected.

“Leadership failure and lack of consistency is the reason Ghanaians do not adhere to COVID-19 protocols,” Dr Ayensu Danquah said and highlighted the recent New Patriotic Party (NPP) national conference in Kumasi as one of the factors that encouraged Ghanaians to ignore COVID-19 protocols.

“… When you are a parent and you lay out your rules but you don’t play by the rules, how do you expect your children to follow the same rules,” she criticized. the next day you see them having parties without wearing nasal masks. “

For her, until the country’s leaders set a good example and adhere to protocols, citizens will continue to ignore security protocols. The number of cases would increase and put increased pressure on health facilities across the country.

She advised the government to adopt the NDC’s COVID-19 response plan to effectively tackle the pandemic in the country as vaccination continues.

Covid-19 case

On Tuesday, seven other Ghanaians had succumbed to the COVID-19 virus.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) which announced it on its website said some 650 new infections had been recorded as of January 7, 2022.

That brings the number of active cases in the country to 11,403 while some 139,508 people have recovered and been discharged.

Of the active cases, 39 of them are severe, while nine patients are in critical condition.

Thousand three hundred and thirty-two people have died in Ghana since the start of the pandemic in March 2022.

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