General News of Friday, 20 August 2021Source: 3news.comEnvironmental health workers at the public health directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), have re-activated weekly burials as deaths from Covid-19 nears the grim one thousand mark. An average registration of three bodies daily by families of persons who succumb to the disease means the numbers awaiting burials continue to rise. Director of Public Health, Florence Kuukyi told 3news, “we used to have a slow patch when the cases went down. Meanwhile, some relatives of persons who are confirmed to have died from Covid-19, continue to contend with environmental health workers over the true cause of death of their kinsmen. Leader of the burial team and environmental analyst with the Accra metropolitan assembly, Inspector Joseph Asitanga denied extorting monies from the families.

Source: GhanaWeb August 20, 2021 11:37 UTC