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A Health Worker On War Frontline Against Coronavirus In Ghana Discloses Current Situations.
A member of the Ghana Association of Doctors in Residency has shared her story on what it is like to be on the frontline of healthcare in the fight to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.
Speaking on JoyFM’s Super Morning Show, Tuesday, Dr Priscilla Orleans Kpodo said even though Covid-19 is anxiety-provoking, every doctor fighting at the centre is aware of the risks but is not scared.
“We’re not panicking but we are definitely alert looking out for the patients who are infected so that we can put in the right strategies to contain the condition for the nation and the world at large,” she said.
“Before the coronavirus was recorded in Ghana we definitely were in the know about the virus; that it was spreading across the world and so we were definitely alert.”
So far, 52 cases have been confirmed in the country; two of which have died from Covid-19.
“It’s new and we learn new things about it every day [but] we are not scared. It is anxiety-provoking; I would not lie but if I’m anxious what would the person do? This is part of our job,” the doctor uttered.
“We only need to be more alert and put in the right things in place to prevent as much spread because the importance of the spread or the infection, of a healthcare worker, is that we stand the risk of spreading it. So it is important we are safe so that we don’t spread it and worsen the situation,” she added.
“We always have to put ourselves in check and get ourselves into the moment and do what we have to do so that we protect ourselves.”
“The importance of me getting infected is really not only about me but also about the next patient I will be seeing. They may be coming with hypertension, diabetes because as we know, the fact that Covid-19 around does not mean people won’t be sick with other conditions and they need to access the hospitals.”
“There are some patients you’ve seen that come in and are suspected but thankfully the results have come out negative. Then you would ask yourself what if it was positive? Was I well prepared in terms of what I need to protect myself to prevent being infected.” “It’s a daily moment by moment experience for us,” she highlighted.
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Fares will be automatically adjusted against the increase in fuel prices – GPRTU (See Details)
Fares will be automatically adjusted against the increase in fuel prices – GPRTU (See Details)
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that prices will automatically be adjusted whenever petrol prices increase by 10%.
The union says a 15% increase in transportation costs will be repeated whenever fuel prices reach 10%.
Richard Yaw Amankwah, GPRTU’s Deputy Secretary-General for Operations, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the union’s decision to estimate transportation costs and fuel prices was intended to benefit the industry.
“We have said that whenever the cost of petrol increases by 10% or more, we will increase fares,” he said.
“We are still looking at the cost. We are just wasting our time. “The same amount will be spent on travel expenses when it reaches 10%,” he told GNA.
On March 1, 2022, the prices of the previous petrol and diesel pump prices increased by 30 liters per liter, to GHC 8.20.
Some market experts predict that if nothing is done to reduce the cedi value of the dollar against the dollar, petrol prices could rise to GHC9.0 a liter.
The price volatility of petroleum products is due to the continued increase of Brent Crude in international markets.
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) predicted a 4% increase in petrol and diesel prices this week, citing cedi performance against the dollar as a major factor.
The IES has ruled that cedi is down 4.11 percent to close GHC6.85 to the dollar in the previous price window.
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) also predicts that prices for petrol, diesel and LPG by 4.6%, 3.4% and 2.5% will increase by 2.5% from March 1, 2022.
In the First Price Window of March 2022, it predicted that petrol and diesel would be GHC8.190 a liter and LPG would be GHC9.163 per kilogram.
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