President Akufo-Addo Declares End Of COVID-19 Pandemic In Ghana

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On Sunday, May 28, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the country and announced the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. The President, who has been in the vanguard of Ghana’s reaction to the virus, discussed the progress made in the fight against the epidemic and provided updates on the country’s enhanced response.

On Sunday, May 28, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the country and announced the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. The President, who has been in the vanguard of Ghana’s reaction to the virus, discussed the progress made in the fight against the epidemic and provided updates on the country’s enhanced response.

This was President Akufo-Addo’s 29th address since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ghana, and he began by thanking the people of Ghana for their resilience and unity. He gave thanks to the many people that helped Ghana combat COVID-19, including medical professionals, scientists, religious leaders, traditional elders, businesspeople, and others.

The President mentioned that on May 5, 2023, the WHO declared that COVID-19 was no longer a worldwide public health emergency. He stated that the international public health emergency has formally ended due to a declining trend in COVID-19-related deaths, hospitalizations, and intensive care admissions.

On May 15, 2023, President Akufo-Addo gave an update on the situation in Ghana, reporting that 1,462 people have died from COVID-19.

He stated that there were currently no extremely serious or critical cases reported in Ghana. There have been 2,538,198 tests performed since the first confirmed case in March 2020, with 171,758 coming out positive. Over 25 million doses of vaccine had been given out, with 10.5 million people receiving the complete complement of shots, well above the original 20 million target.

The COVID-19 Taskforce, led by President Akufo-Addo, made sweeping steps in response to these encouraging signs, including the removal of all remaining restrictions at airports and entry points. In terms of health requirements for entering the country, Ghana is back to where it was before the COVID outbreak.

The President recognized the hardships endured by the people of Ghana due to the pandemic, including as the closure of schools, businesses, and places of worship. President Akufo-Addo advised Nigerians to keep up with specific preventative measures that had worked during the pandemic, even as he celebrated the end of the crisis.

Hand hygiene, personal hygiene, and the periodic cleaning, disinfecting, and fumigation of public places like marketplaces are all examples of these measures. Positive results, such as the National Vaccine Institute and vaccine manufacturing plants, were also emphasized, including improved disease surveillance and increased health facility capacity.

Assuring the public that all expenditures would be subject to audit and parliamentary processes, the President acknowledged the enormous financial costs associated with the COVID-19 response.

He thanked frontline employees and declared the COVID Trust Fund’s mission complete. At the end of his speech, President Akufo-Addo expressed gratitude to everyone who had helped Ghana’s response to the pandemic be so effective.

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, Ghana may begin to work toward resolving the economic difficulties it faced as a result of the crisis.

In reassuring the people of Ghana, President Akufo-Addo said his government would keep working to restore the economy and deal with the fallout from the pandemic. The President of Ghana noted that the success of the country in battling COVID-19 was a monument to the commitment and joint effort of the Ghanaian people, and he asked them to be watchful, resilient, and unified as the country entered this next era.

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