University of Ghana Accra City Campus throws caution to the wind as students crowd for registration

- Prospective students of Accra City Campus have massed up to register

- These students disregarded social distancing protocol

- This is happening amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Ghana

Photos from the Accra City Campus of the University of Ghana show students massed up to register for the 2021/2022 academic year.

The troubling thing about these pictures is how these students have been left to crowd up and not social distance at a time Ghana’s covid-19 cases are surging.

Even though most of these students are in face masks, authorities seem to have left caution to the wind in ensuring these students are in a will structured protocol amid the Coronavirus.

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These photos were extracted from the Facebook profile of Agyei Aryee Bernard who described the scenes as; “Total confusion”.

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Coronavirus in Ghana

Ghana’s Covid-19 cases rise, medical doctors tell Ghanaians “your health is in your hands”

Government is under immense pressure to effect a second lockdown. Ghana’s Coronavirus positivity rate keeps increasing. The Ghana Medical Association has warned of hospitals and Intensive Care Units (ICUs) being overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases.

As at January 11, the number of confirmed active cases – as reported from the website of the Ministry of Health – stands at 1,404.

Figures from the Ministry of Health shows a spike in daily numbers since December – this has been linked to indiscipline, flouting of covid-19 protocols and the elections.

Already, the Ghana Medical Association has warned the public that “their health is in their own hands” and hospitals get overstretched to deal with the surge of the virus.

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One concern has been the cost for testing as well as the lack of contact tracing on the part of the Ministry of Health. These issues, according to the GMA, has led to the increasing spike in Covid cases.

Even as government races to curtail the spread of the virus, suspicions of a suppression of Covid-19 data keeps rising. Journalists and some medical professionals are doubting the figures being churned by the Ministry of Health as they argue that they (the figures) are in sharp contrast with the reality at various medical facilities.

Meanwhile, President Akufo Addo has assured of Ghana’s preparedness to roll out a mass vaccination program against Covid-19. Speaking at his recent Covid-19 address, the president revealed that procurement processes are far advanced to secure millions of vaccine doses in 2021.

This assurance comes as Nigeria, Ghana’s next door neighbor, has recorded a new case of the Covid-19 variant which global scientists fear is more contagious than the Covid-19 we know.

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Even though Ghana has outlined strategic interventions to check the spread of the Coronavirus, enforcement has been very weak across the country. The Ghana Medical Association has condemned what it described as “the indiscipline by Ghanaians to adhere to safety protocols against Covid”.

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Many Ghanaians go about their business without a face covering. The sale and purchase of hand sanitizers have also dropped as though the virus has been completely defeated in the Sub Region.

Cases keep getting recorded, especially in Accra. A recent graphical presentation of the spread of the virus shows a spike in the first and second weeks of December.

Source: YEN.com.gh