We’ll win COVID-19 fight with public education, science, prayers — Ras Mubarak

Source;  Justice Fm and Daily Graphic

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, Mr Ras Mubarak, says the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be won through sustained public education, science, technology and prayers.

According to him, this was the time that public health practitioners must be encouraged and supported to educate the populace to halt the community spread of COVID-19.

Mr Mubarak, who is the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Kumbungu in the Northern Region, made the remarks in an interview with journalists at Dalun, after he distributed 150 gift boxes to some vulnerable groups in the constituency last Saturday, May 2, 2020.

Donations

The gift boxes contained assorted food items such as bags of rice, sugar, cooking oil, canned fish, sachets of tomato paste, milk, teabags and packs of fruit juice to the aged, widows and people living with disabilities (PWDs) in  Zangbalun, Dalun, Satani, and the Kumbungu township.

The food items that were donated with the support of the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was aimed at easing the burden of the vulnerable groups during the month of Ramadan.

Earlier in the day, he had also donated four bags of rice and a cheque for GH¢2,000 to members of the Tamale branch of the Ghana National Association for the Deaf before setting off to Kumbungu.

The occasion was also used to educate the beneficiaries and some members of the public at the separate venues for the donation on the COVID-19 safety protocols.

Speaking to Justice Fm, a volunteer with the Covid 19 team at the Public Health Laboratory of the Tamale Teaching Hospital Dr. Seidu Fitter is warning that they could be revealing figures on covid 19 in the northern region following the onset of testing of the virus at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. 

He said there was the need to clear misconceptions by the people of Northern Region that dagombas were immune to the COVID 19 virus. Dr. Seidu believes the regions is not doing aggressive testing that is why the figures are not recorded daily. He said this at a donation ceremony by the member parliament for Kumbungu to four communities in the area.

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