Since the president's last address in May this year, a new strain of the virus, SARS-Cov-2 Delta variant, has been claiming lives and increased the country’s caseload. This will be his 26th national address on the subject since Ghana recorded its first two cases back in March 2020. Though Ghana has commenced a vaccination programme, the country has been lagging with the availability of enough vaccines to inoculate citizens. The total number of cases for the country since the virus was first detected is 101,170. Meanwhile, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has observed, “with concern,” some characteristics of the new Delta variant of SARS-Cov-2 detected at the institute’s testing centre since April 2021.

Source: GhanaWeb July 25, 2021 09:22 UTC