General News of Thursday, 14 May 2020

Source: atinkaonline.com

Coronavirus: 'Let’s all be health ambassadors' - Health Minister

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has asked Ghanaians to be become health ambassadors by ensuring that those around them adhere to the laid down safety precautions.

The minister made the comments during a briefing on Covid-19 at the Information Ministry on Thursday morning.

According to him, although there is no medicine, there are certain precautions all and sundry can observe to minimize the further spread of the virus.

“We need to begin to accept the fact that the disease will be with us for some time and so we need to adhere to all precautions in order to live a normal life”, he added.

The Health Minister noted that it would be in the interest of all Ghanaians to work towards curbing the spread of covid-19 else the impact could be catastrophic.

He urged the general public to keep quiet in public especially when they do not have their masks on.