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Offinso North Assembly energized to fight Covid-19 spread

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Offinso North Mr. David Kwasi Asare has supplied quantities of kits to key institutions in the area as well as to the public to combat the rapid spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Date Created : 3/31/2020 9:11:06 AM : Story Author : Emmanuel Buorokuu/Ghanadistricts.com

In addition to that, the Assembly had scaled up public education to reach out to all regardless of one's geographical location with the support of all relevant stakeholders.

Each Kit contained hand sanitizers, Veronica buckets, tissues, and liquid soap. They were distributed to high-risk areas including market, lorry stations, traders and corporate entities including health centres and hospitals in the area.

Mr. Asare encouraged all to keep social distances and wash their hands under running water to support the government's effort in curbing the spread of the deadly disease.

The President of Ghana has banned most social gatherings including funerals, schools, churches, and mosques, but markets and lorry stations are still in operation.

He, however, encouraged the markets and other vantage points to keep to strict hygienic practices “saying markets and lorry stations are some of the areas which are highly prone to the transmission of the disease.”

The President instructed that the handwashing kits be provided at all vantage points within the markets and other designated places in the district, to mitigate the spread of the infectious disease.

Mr. DCE called on Parents to be responsible for the maximum health protection, upkeep and strict adherence to the laid down safety precautions for themselves and their children.

He said, “Children, on the other hand, are charged to adhere to the measures that protected their health and security in this critical period and desist from patronizing game centres”.

According to Mr. Asare, to sustain the gains made at containing the disease, he also called on philanthropists to donate more of the kits to help prevent any possible community-to-community transmission of Covid-19.