Asuogyaman District records 10 COVID-19 cases

The pandemic waves of COVID-19 has hit 10 persons in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region.

This brings to 51 the number of suspected cases recorded in the Eastern Region, thereby throwing the entire area into the state of  fear with many a resident expressing concern that   there might be artificial food shortage.

The region anticipates the President announcing a partial lockdown of the area in his national address tonight, as being experienced in some parts of the country.This situation, some of the residents told The Chronicle, will result in hunger as farmers will have their food rotten in the villages.

Associating himself with the concerns of the people in his district and region, for that matter, Paul Asare Ansah, however, said life would still go on should a situation of lockdown arise.

Paul Ansah, who is the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for the Asuogyaman Constituency and also the Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Transport, told The Chronicle in an interview that should the region be locked down, the assemblies would have to immediately initiate innovative arrangements at the various markets to prevent any possible rebellion from market women and a hungry population that is already traumatised by the COVID-19.

He said,  “the Assemblies in the locked down areas should adopt football fields, community centres and open spaces in the various communities as temporary markets for sale of food items only. Canopies must be provided at those spaces with clear demarcation for social distancing purposes.nThere must be separate products for the different locations to avoid too many people going to one place.”

Additionally, he suggested a proper planning, as well as information, education and communication systems that would direct both sellers and buyers to the right places at the temporary demarcated centers.

“This way, market women from the cities, who go to buy foodstuffs in bulk from farming areas, will continue to feed the population in those cities. This way, there will not be artificial shortage of food in particular with its attendant black marketing.

“Hunger will not arise out of the lockdown and farmers will not have their food getting rotten in the villages. This arrangement will prevent any possible rebellion from market women and a hungry population that is already traumatised by COVID-19,” Mr Ansah suggested.

He, thus, called for calm in the Asuogyaman District and Eastern Region, reminding the people to stay home and adhere to all the protocols aimed at fighting the global pandemic, which has claimed nine lives in Ghana.

Paul Asare Ansah pledged his unrelenting provision of reliefs to all those whose livelihood has been hard hit by the COVID-19 while a lasting remedy is sought to combat it.

At Atimpoku, capital of the Asuogyaman District where he distributed food items to over 600 households, Paul Asare Ansah ensured that the physical distancing protocol was observed.

He continued to educate the people to observe the President’s directives to stay safe.

By Inusa Musah / www.thechronicle.com.gh

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