Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye (right) receiving the items from Mr. Charles Owiredu (left)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has made a donation of medical items worth over $400,000 to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The donation include ventilators, KN95 and surgical nose masks, goggles, surgical gloves, isolation gowns, medical shoe covers, gun thermometers disinfectants and wipes.
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu, in a remark before handing over the items to the Health Ministry, said since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, (Covid-19) the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has been at the forefront of coordinating international support for Ghana’s fight against the pandemic.
“The Ministry, together with its Missions abroad, have been working tirelessly to guarantee the interest and welfare of Ghanaians abroad as well as to mobilise resources and goodwill to support our country’s fight against the deadly virus, ” he said.
He said it is in this regard that the Ghana Mission in China, through its ingenuity and resourcefulness, received from both the Chinese State and private sector companies donations of the medical supplies being presented to the Health Ministry.
He thus commended the Ghana Embassy in China for the initiative and for facilitating the speedy arrival of the medical supplies.
” The Ministry, and that matter, the government of Ghana, is sincerely grateful to all the Chinese companies that contributed to this donation. We are particularly gratefixl to Tianyun Manganese, the parent company of Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) for generously donating more than half of these medical supplies on display here today, ” he added.
Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, after receiving the donation, said
Covid-19 is a global issue and a threat to the collective existence of humans.
“That is why we require a collective response to mitigate and possible eradicate its devastating impact, ” he said.
He also used the opportunity to reiterate the adherance to the strict preventive protocols saying it was through such individual effort that Ghana can emerge victorious in the Covid-19 fight.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri