Okyeame Kwame Appeals to Ghanaians to Comply with COVID-19 Rules

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By Naliaka Kitui

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Ghanaian musician and songwriter Kwame Nsiah-Apau better known by his stage name as Okyeame Kwame and nicknamed Rap Doctor has appealed to the Ghana people to observe various rules to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
Okyeame Kwame told Giovani Caleb the host of the Showbiz 360 programme on TV3 that it should be everyone’s initiative to observe the covid-19 measures put in place to safeguard lives “COVID is real, so let us all protect ourselves,”. He cautioned.
On the same topic, the Ghanaian president Akufo-Addo also lamented in his 23rd address to the nation on Covid-19 saying that the total number of active cases has increased highly 1900 two weeks ago to 5,358 currently.
He said: “When I delivered Update No. 22, thirteen (13) out of the sixteen (16) regions had recorded active cases; today, all sixteen (16) regions have active cases. Indeed, Greater Accra, Central, Western, Ashanti, Eastern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, and Northern Regions are the hardest hit, accounting for ninety-four percent (94%) of the total number of active cases”.
“Our hospitalization rates are increasing, with the number of critically and severely ill persons now at one hundred and seventy-two (172)”, said President Akufo-Addo in his 23rd address to the nation on COVID, lamenting: “Our hospitals have become full, and we have had to reactivate our isolation centres” The president added.
Rap Doctor Okyeame Kwame says that the country’s case count is alarming leading to the re-introduction of some measures as the government hopes to fight the spread and protect lives. It is also noted that the average daily rates of infection in the country now stands at 700 compared to two weeks ago when it was reading 200.