General News of Sunday, 5 April 2020

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It’s Palm Sunday but these are not normal times – Mahama tells Ghanaians

Former President, John Dramani Mahama Former President, John Dramani Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama as part of his advocacy against the dreadful Coronavirus has admonished Ghanaians to reflect and further ensure adherence to precautionary measures this Palm Sunday.

In a tweet, the former president who is seeking to be re-elected in the December polls, reiterated the need for Ghanaians, both home and abroad, to pay heed to the available safety measures.

Part of John Mahama’s post read; “As has become the battle cry over the past few weeks, we are not in normal times, at all. So please if you have nothing essential doing outside of your home, please stay home, observe the protocols of hand washing as frequently as you can…”

“Let’s disinfect commonly used surfaces as often as we can, while continuing to wash out hands, and using alcohol-based hand sanitizers…,” the post further advised.

The former president who has been quite vocal since the outbreak of the coronavirus over the past weeks declared his relentless support to the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government in fighting the disease.

On Saturday, April 4, 2020, Mr Mahama together with his team donated essential items worth over GH¢300,000 to health professionals at the Accidents and Emergency Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and other hospitals in the country.