The warning was issued by the national doctors, nurses and pharmacists associations and the health service workers union after an emergency meeting on 1 July.
ACCRA - The coronavirus epidemic risks overwhelming Ghana’s health sector if the government does not take urgent action such as guaranteeing health workers have sufficient protective gear, national medical groups said on Thursday.
“The current state of affairs has the potential to over-stretch the already fragile health system,” they said. With the most comprehensive testing campaign in West Africa, Ghana has so far registered more than 23,400 cases of COVID-19 and 129 deaths.
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