The disinfection of airports as part of the effort to rid such places of the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing unabated.
It became necessary in the wake of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, which spreads faster, and the frequent travels that occurred through the airports during the yuletide.
Speaking during this month’s disinfection exercise at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Monday night (January 17, 2022), a senior officer of the Vector Control Unit, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Abel Djangmah, reiterated the need to continuously pursue the disinfection operation at the country’s airports.
He said for the past year, they have been disinfecting the airports every month, saying “we do that because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He indicated that one key challenge with the COVID-19 fight was the unstable nature of the novel virus.
“We cannot relent on our efforts in the exercises that we have done. We have to continue applying all the necessary measures until it is finally declared that COVID-19 is no more in the country,” Mr. Djangbah urged.
In addition to the airports disinfection, the senior officer of the Vector Control Unit said it was equally imperative that Ghanaians also obey the other COVID-19 safety protocols.
He said the wearing of nose mask, regular washing of hands with soap, use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers and practising social distancing as well, were still key in the fight against the pandemic.
On the effectiveness of the disinfection exercise, Mr. Djangbah said the approved products being used for the disinfection are potent enough to fight the virus to a major extent and keep the public safe.
“Evaluation is not done in a day. It takes some time so you cannot just stand here and say that what we have done is effective or not. Even with the vaccine, it could be seen that though people have taken the jabs, they were still being entreated to observe the other COVID-19 protocols,” he noted.
He said “the disinfection is a measure put in place that must be carried out periodically so that the day that the Government of Ghana will say COVID -19 is no more in the country, you and I can heave a sigh of relief and say that yes we have defeated COVID-19 together.”