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GB Foods donates items, GHS100,000 to support COVID-19 fight

Jeffrey Owuraku SarpongbyJeffrey Owuraku Sarpong
April 15, 2020
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GB Foods Africa-Ghana, manufacturers of Gino & Pomo range of food products, has donated money and other items valued at GHS 350,000 to the government to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The donation comprises a cheque of GHS 100,000 and sanitary and medical items including hand sanitizers, liquid hand wash soaps, paper towels and GB Foods products comprising Gino rice, tomato mix, pasta and seasoning tablets.

 

 

GB Foods General Manager of BU Ghana, David Kofi Afflu, in presenting the items said, “During this period, we understand that people across all sectors are facing a range of difficulties with an outbreak such as this unprecedented one. This donation is a demonstration of GB Food’s commitment to supporting Government in its fight against the disease as well as health workers and the wider community.”

The cheque will go to the government of Ghana COVID-19 Fund while the medical items will be delivered to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the Greater Accra Regional Hospital.

The Veronica Buckets and GB Foods products will be given to the Ministry of Local Government to be placed in open markets in Accra and Kumasi to aid with frequent hand washing while the food will go to support the feeding of those who are vulnerable.

Management of GB Foods also urged all Ghanaians to observe the protocols established by the Ghana Health Service and other relevant international and local authorities to help stem the spread of COVID-19.

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases reach 636

On April 14, 2020, the Ghana Health Service announced that the number of COVID-19 cases had got to 636.

“As of 13th April 2020, at 23:00HRS, a total of 44,421 persons have been tested with 636 being positive for COVID-19. The breakdown of the 636 positive cases are as follows: seventeen (17) have been treated, reverted to negative on repeat tests and discharged, 605 cases have been categorised as mild disease and are on treatment, two (2) are categorized as moderate-to-severe cases, none in a critical state currently and eight (8) have died.”

 

 

The Ghana Health Service also indicated that “of the 636 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 268 were reported from the routine surveillance, 253 from enhanced surveillance activities and 115 from travellers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale.”

“Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Western, Volta, Northern, North East, Upper East, and Upper West regions.”

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