The Central Regional Minister, Honourable Kwamena Duncan has revealed that contact tracers are finding it difficult in most coastal communities in the region, as persons contact traced refuse to either self-isolate or self-quarantine.
He believed that this situation is seriously hampering the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, and areas such as Moree and Elmina have been the most difficult of places for contact tracers.
Honourable Kwamena Duncan added that persons living in these communities mobilize themselves and resist contact tracers from either coming to their homes or take persons suspected to be carriers of the virus away for self-isolation and testing.
“Our efforts here (Central Region) is being hampered by the actions of people especially those living in the coastal communities, who resist attempts by contact tracers for their samples to be taken, or to self-isolate if suspected to be carriers of the virus. Communities such as Moree and Elmina, people actually congregated to drive away contact tracers. The last time I had to personally engage them on the need to support the contact tracers in their line of duty, as it was actually for their own good”, he said.
He therefore urged all persons living in the Central region to be cooperative when contact tracers are deployed into their communities.
The Central region covid-19 case count as at today (May 27th, 2020) stands at 337.
Meanwhile, eight police officers with the Central Regional Command have also tested positive for the novel corona virus, with two fully recovered now.
