The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has clarified that reports of COVID-19 being declared over as inaccurate, citing 31 new cases recorded last week.
Programmes Manager at the Expanded Programme on Immunization, Dr. Kwame Amponsah-Achiano emphasized the ongoing need for public vigilance and vaccination.
Dr. Amponsah-Achiano stated, “COVID is not gone, so we should not think that COVID is a thing of the past. We keep hearing that the pandemic was declared over but the pandemic has never been declared over.”
He highlighted the shift from emergency management to ongoing COVID control, including vaccinations and mask-wearing in enclosed spaces.
He added, “We will still encourage that people keep on wearing masks and make hand hygiene and hand washing with soap and running water a household thing for everybody until COVID is declared over.”