Tackling COVID-19 : Protective Masks Remains Compulsory

The government of Cameroon has continued to emphasis on the compulsory wearing of protective face masks in public spaces as one of the key effective ways of fighting against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Prime Minister, Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute on August 13, 2020 through videoconferencing chaired the nineteenth session of the weekly meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee in charge of evaluating and monitoring the implementation of government’s response strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic with focus on the care protocol administered to patients, an evaluation of the wearing of protective face masks in public spaces and the situation of the pandemic. It emerged from the report of the Minister of Public Health, Manaouda Malachie that Cameroon has made great strides in treating the pandemic judging from statistics. As at August 13, 2020, Cameroon had recorded 18,118 positive cases of the pandemic and 16,540 people were declared cured, registering a treatment rate of 91.2 per cent with 401 deaths. The Minister used the occasion to talk on the effectiveness of the care protocole using hydroxichloroquine as one of the molecules, stating that the treatment  takes into account the health state of the patient.
Despite the strides recorded in the treatment of the pandemic, government is bent on eradicating the virus with one of the key means being the respect of the restrictive measure of compulsory wearing protective face masks in public spaces. In this connection, the Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Gabriel Dodo Ndoke reported on the availability of the protective masks and their compliance with standards set by the Standards and Quality Agency. He said local production had increased  even though some of the masks did not meet the set standards.
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