The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council and the Regional Health Directorate in collaboration with office of the President has awarded and honoured five thousand nine hundred and four frontline healthcare workers have for their contributions to the region’s fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The awardees are contact tracers, drivers , researchers, disease control and surveillance teams, laboratory technicians, nurses, doctors, pharmacists, buriers among others, from various health and other institutions which were mandated to lead the fight.
Commendation
At a presentation ceremony in Accra yesterday, the Greater Accra Regional Minister,Henry Quartey, commended the workers for their dedication and commitment which ensured the success of measures that had been put in place to curtail the spread of the disease.
He said the awards were aimed at recognising and honouring the workers for their efforts during the pandemic to serve as motivation to other health workers and those in different sectors that their hard work was appreciated.
Though the COVID-19 period was overwhelming and burdensome, the Greater Accra Regional Minister said the frontline workers demonstrated selflessness and love for humanity by availing themselves to work in difficult circumstances.