Prez. Akufo-Addo donates 3 months salary towards COVID-19 Fund

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has donated his three months salary towards a fund which is established to assist persons who will be greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana.

The president announced this during his fourth national broadcast on the night of Friday 27^th March, 2020 on the new coronavirus which started in the Hubei Province city of Wuhan, China and has spread across the globe, effecting and killing thousands of people.

The fund, COVID-19 Fund, he said will receive donations and contributions, and will be chaired by the immediate past Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Sophia Akufo.

He said the fund will be managed by an independent board of trustees, and his is donating his April, May and June salaries to it as seed money.

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“I am announcing tonight the establishment of a COVID-19 Fund, to be managed by an independent board of trustees, and chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to receive contributions and donations from the public to assist in the welfare of the needy and the vulnerable. I have directed the Controller and Accountant General to pay my next three months’ salary, i.e. April, May and June, into this Fund, he said.

He commended organization, individuals and churches who have so far contributed towards the fund, and urged the public to donate towards it.

“I’m confident that we can defeat this virus if we all commit ourselves to the measures that have been outlined,” he said.

In a related development, below are the latest updates about the Coronavirus situation in the country from the Ghana Health Service:

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Here are the latest updates from the Ghana Health Service about the coronavirus situation in the country:

• As at the evening of March 27, 2020, 59 COVID-19 cases including four deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems.

• All four deaths had underlying chronic medical conditions. Two have recovered and have been discharged.
• The remaining 53 cases are doing well: 14 are being managed at home. The rest are on admission and responding well to treatment. Greater proportion of those on treatment with mild symptoms and are awaiting repeat of their laboratory tests to inform a decision to discharge them.
• Majority of the confirmed cases are Ghanaians, who returned home from other affected countries. Seven are of other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. Seventy-eight (78) among the travellers (1,030 in number), who were mandatory quarantined and tested, have tested positive for COVID-19.
• Regarding contact tracing, a total of 1,006 contacts have been identified and are being tracked. Out of these, 204 have completed the 14 days mandatory follow up.

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By: Sammy Agyei/Frontpageghana.com/Ghana