Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday held a prayer session in Accra against the coronavirus pandemic.
The breakfast prayer session brought together a number of eminent clergymen to intercede on behalf of the country against the spread of the virus in Ghana.
Ghana has recorded eleven cases of coronavirus and the President announced a number of restrictions including a ban on social gatherings for more than twenty five people.
President Akufo Addo said the COVID-19 pandemic which is currently threatening the peace and stability of the whole world will surely pass with all its accompanying hardships.
“These are not ordinary times eminent clergy and in such times, a country’s who population is predominantly Christian, must seek the face of the one true God for healing and restoration” President Akufo-Addo said.
“I am confident that this morning’s prayer which will be offered in faith will help heal our nation, and will help raise Ghana up. I believe profoundly that we the Ghanaian people with our faith in the Almighty will overcome this challenge. This too will pass” the president added.
But a governance expert and Former UN Advisor Prof. Baffour Agyemang -Duah said prayers alone won’t be effective without practical measures.
“I am not surprised because surveys have indicated that Ghanaians are highly religious. It’s equally important take we take practical measures because the good book tells us that God helps those who help themselves. If we are witnessing increasing number of confirmed cases then I think we are approaching a point where need radical measures must be taken” he told Africa Feeds.
Nearly 400 contact tracing persons have been identified and are being monitored by health officials.
The President has also issued executive orders to close all schools and ban all social gatherings including religious services for the next four weeks.
The country’s boarders and ports of entry have also introduced tightened control regimes to prevent imported cases in the country.
Global confirmed cases stand at 219,058 with 8,939 persons losing their lives.
Some 84,122 have so far recovered from the coronavirus infection as at 10:00am, 19th of March 2020.
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Source: Africafeeds.com
