General News of Thursday, 6 February 2020Source: GNAGovernment allocates GHC2.5 million for coronavirus preparednessKwaku Agyeman-Manu, Minister of HealthThe Government has allocated GHC2.5 million for the implementation of the coronavirus initial response preparedness plan, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Minister of Health said on Wednesday. These he said, were part of the measures being put in place to strengthen surveillance and prevention of the outbreak and spread of the disease from China and other risk countries. "We are in this together and therefore call on private sector and development partners to give their support to our national effort in this period of preparedness," he said. The Health Minister disclosed this at a media briefing in Accra, to update Ghanaians on the MOH’s preparedness to contain the coronavirus infection should Ghana detect any case. The Health Minister said currently there is no vaccine and prevention was mainly adherence to couch and sneezing etiquette and improved personal hygiene such as regular hand-washing with soap and water.

Source: GhanaWeb February 05, 2020 20:15 UTC