Ghana has received 38,800 Personal Protective Equipment from China. This forms part of some measures by China to help 17 countries with this protective equipment against COVID-19 in West Africa.
The medical equipment includes 3,000 N95 protective face masks for frontline health workers, 10,000 protective face masks for all, 2,500 disposable overalls, 800 Infra-red Thermometers, 2,500 medical goggles, 10,000 single-use gloves and 10,000 disposable shoe covers
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, expressed his profound gratitude for their efforts to support the country.
“We are very grateful to the People’s Republic of China. As we sit here, I can only say that the systems for health in West Africa are very fragile. We haven’t positioned ourselves strong enough to do what China did and we’ll definitely need some support. We never had source for emergency response when the problem started but Government has done a lot to put in protective equipment especially for our health workers working in the frontline.” He said
Adding, “As we move ahead, it is becoming clearer that we may need, all of us, to begin to wear some of these things, so this gesture is not something we can underscore as Ghana makes efforts to add all”
He also mentioned that some five local companies in Ghana have been selected to soon begin the production of more PPE’s in the country for use by Ghanaian citizens.
“We are continuing to develop some of this equipment, for protection in-country and soon you’ll see government efforts also coming. By the end of the week, about 5 selected companies will start sewing some of these overalls, protective masks and all that we need we will be able to provide in our country.”
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Shi Ting Wang on his part stated that China’s effort in supporting countries within the African continent since China has seen a significant drop in figures and casualties as far as the pandemic is concerned.
“Many Chinese companies are also doing their best to support Ghana and other African countries. The Chinese government, for its part, will further strengthen medical cooperation with African countries in a bid to contain this pandemic…As a truthful friend of Africa, we will spare no effort in our support to African countries.” he said
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