Sunon-Asogli Power Company, an independent power producer in the country has presented Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Ho Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region towards the fight against COVID-19.

The donation followed an appeal by the Agbogbomefia of Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV to help stop the spread of the disease and contain the pandemic.

The items included 3,000 face masks, 400 pieces of hand gloves, packs of gowns and overalls.

Togbe Afede encourages the Health staff to offer quality healthcare services to clients.

Togbe Anikpi III, Dufia of Ho-Heve who presented the items on behalf of Togbe Afede, said collective efforts was needed to fight the novel coronavirus.

He said the disease could be contained if the citizenry observed the World Health Organization's health safety protocols and adhered to the President's directives.

Togbe Anikpi, therefore, urged the citizenry to adhere to the President's directive of no social gathering, physical distancing and World Health Organization's health safety protocols of washing hands regularly with soap under running water and the use of hand sanitizers to stem the spread of the disease.

Dr Lawrence Kumi, the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, was grateful to the Company for the support, saying the items would go a long way to help in the discharge of their duties.

He said the items came at the right time as those that they had were not enough, and appealed for more support.

Last month, Sunon-Asogli Power Ghana Ltd donated $100,000 to the national COVID-19 fund.

Togbe Afede XIV, Founder and Director of the Company, also recently donated GHC50,000.00 to the Upper West Regional Hospital to support the fight against Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM).