Pres. Nana Akufo Addo has been uncovered by a french News Agency, AFP for lies, guaranteeing that Ghana has controlled a larger number of tests per million individuals than some other nation in Africa. From what they accepted to be dependable measurements, the news office says Ghana is behind South Africa and two other African nations undoubtedly.
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo in his ninth location to the country on May 10, on measures his legislature was taking to battle the coronavirus, stated: “… actually, the World Health Organization (WHO) has contacted us to share our example pooling involvement in other African nations, so they can receive this system and furthermore increase their testing capacities.”
Yet, the News Agency in the wake of contrasting accessible information from Ghana with that of five different nations, says South Africa, Djibouti and Mauritius rank higher than Ghana regarding COVID-19 testing.
It likewise expressed that when President Akufo-Addo made the case, Ghana had led 5,300 tests for each million occupants — higher than Nigeria’s 135 tests for each million and Botswana’s 4,079 tests for each million yet South Africa led (5,808 for each million), Djibouti (15,713 for every million), and Mauritius (57,931 for every million).
In the mean time, the AFP is yet to get a reaction subsequent to reaching the Ghanaian administration for such remarks
At any rate 5,638 individuals have tried positive for COVID-19, 28 passings and 1,460 in Ghana as of May 16, 2020, making it the most noticeably terrible hit nation in the West African district. The legislature has expanded the conclusion of its outskirts until May 31, 2020, to attempt to stem the infection spread.
Akufo-Addo’s case about driving Africa in tests per million occupants was highlighted in a few neighborhood and global news reports, including by Africa News.
