Why are people doubting Ghana's coronavirus recovery figures - Nsiah Asare
The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare has expressed concerns about doubts raised by some persons in relation to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) recovery figures in Ghana.
To him, instead of raising doubts, he thinks people should rather express happiness that many people affected by the disease were recovering.
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In a radio interview with Accra based Citi FM Monday morning [May 18, 2020], Dr Nsiah Asare expressed shock at the persons casting doubts over the genuineness of the surge in the recovery figures.
During the weekend, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) released its latest figures on the disease and it showed over 1000 more people recovering from the disease in Ghana.
The Covid-19 recoveries increased from 674 as reported on Friday to 1,460.
The new figures also indicated 108 more people testing positive for the disease, to bring the total number of cases to 5,638 as of Saturday, May 16.
Related: Ghana's COVID-19 recoveries now 1,460 with 28 deaths
Although some have expressed relief over the development, others have expressed skepticism about it. This has generated debate, especially on social media.
Dr Nsiah Asare would rather want the populace to be excited and continue to support efforts to stop the spread of the disease.
"Why are people all of a sudden doubting what we are doing and doing right? It is data, we collect the data, add the data... and then come out. Nobody will hide anything, nobody will suppress anything. So I'm very surprised why people are doubting it. If you remember, most of the samples..., the samples were taken and the people were isolated as far back as during the lockdown period, that is the time that we had the bulk number of people testing, the more you test, the more you get people," he said in the radio interview with Citi FM.
"I'm very much surprised and I'm amazed that people are doubting numbers and believing that maybe we haven't done it well. I'm surprised. We should all be happy as a country that we have put in measures and people are getting well, and to me that is something that we should all be very proud of."
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