Coronavirus: Nzema Youth Association Donates Preventive Items To Health Facilities

The Nzema Youth Association (NYA) in the Western Region has donated some preventive items to some health facilities in the area to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic.

The items include 30 pieces of nose mask, boxes of Kasapreko hand sanitizer, 5 litres of liquid soaps, 5 litres of power zone, bundles of tissue, one washing bowl, one dustbin, one box of disposable hand gloves and one Veronica bucket to each facility.

The beneficiary health facilities are Samenye and Twenene health centers in the Jomoro Municipality, Atuabo and Asasetre health centre in the Ellembelle District and, Bamiango health center and Kegyina CHPs compound in the Nzema East Municipality.

The Nzema Youth Association is expected to continue the donation to other health facilities in the area.

Speaking at Asasetre Health Center, the President of Nzema Youth Association (NYA), Eric Somiah Andoh disclosed that they (executives) solely contributed money to procure the items.

He added that during the Ebola outbreak broke in West Africa, the Association embarked on "Ebola Awareness Campaign" in Nzema.

"...but today we can all admit that Nzema and Ghana as a whole, Coronavirus has visited us. So upon this that we the youth have decided to help to support health professionals here and that is why we the Youth have contributed cash to support the fight".

Eric Somiah Andoh lamented that none of the politicians and other stakeholders they contacted supported them in cash or kind to embark on the gesture.

"When we decided to embark on this exercise we invited so many politicians and other stakeholders in Nzema to help us but we have not heard from anybody", he worried.

He, therefore, seized the opportunity to appeal to other benevolent organizations and public-spirited individuals to support the Association to continue with their exercise.

He stressed that the Association would continue to sensitize the residents of Nzema on the safety protocols.

He also called on the residents to continue to wash their hands with soap under running water and observe other protocols.

Receiving some of the items, the Deputy Physician Assistant of Asasetre Health Center, Mr. Cosmos Ehonea Nda thanked the Nzema Youth Association for the kind gesture.

According to him, they never thought the youth group could think about them by donating such preventive items to help them contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic in the area.

Mr. Ehonea Nda seized the opportunity to appeal to other benevolent organizations to construct a laboratory for the facility.

Coronavirus Cases in Western Region

Western Region has recorded 778 positive cases of Coronavirus as of Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

District breakdown

1. Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis = 202 to 277

2. Tarkwa-Nsuaem = 187 to 250 to 275

3. Effia Kwesimintsim = 74 to 88

4. Prestea Huni-Valley = 32 to 54

5. Ahanta West = 23 to 25

6.Nzema East Municipality = 10 to 19

7. Shama District = 10 to 17

8. Ellembelle District = 13