The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is putting in place measures to enhance surveillance in high-risk areas and testing for COVID-19 cases to prevent potential escalation.

The Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at a media briefing in Accra on Thursday, to update the public on COVID-19 infection situation, said the Service was anticipating an increase in COVID-19 cases as a result of post-election celebrations.

He said the GHS was also anticipating a rise in the infectious disease during the Christmas season due to commercial and social activities, as well as travels.

In view of that, Dr Kuma-Aboagye said, it would enhance surveillance in high-risk communities to curb potential escalation.

“For the Christmas, there is going to be increase in commercial activities that will obviously increase the risk of spread, especially when we have majority of the cases in Accra.

"People are coming into Accra to buy and going to sell in another town and that create another area we have to be careful and that's why we have to up our game as far as the protocols are concerned,” Dr Kuma-Aboagye said.

"There will be increase in travelling within the country around the Christmas time people are going to criss-cross the country. There is also going to be an increase in social gathering activities. People are going for parties and these are all spots that we have to look at to ensure we don’t have a spread," the GHS Boss noted.
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