Management of Covid-19 : Giants Strides From The South Region

Nine months after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government, through the Ministry of Public Health, has continued to implement the national response strategy in order to preserve the health and well-being of the population. The Sub-Director of Disease Control at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Linda Esso says the current operational period aims to strengthen prevention and mass testing of the population to limit the spread of the virus within communities. She was speaking during the weekend to brief Cameroonians on the epidemiological and management situation of the pandemic.
She revealed that the decentralisation of the response and multi-sector collaboration in managing the pandemic has enabled the government to carry out interventions adapted to each of the 10 regions. Dr Esso said the positive results obtained must be preserved, in this period of socio-economic recovery where an increase in the number of positive cases has been registered. To this end, the regional coordinators, namely the Governors of the regions and the Regional Public Health Delegates, shall continue to ensure the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of health protocols framing the resumption of activities. 
Dr Linda Esso said the South Region is the fourth least affected region in the country. The overall epidemiological situation in the region, as of November 27, 2020, shows a cumulative 682 positive cases, 15 deaths and 642 recoveries, with a case fatality rate of 2.2 per cent. Activities carried out in schools in the South Region made it possible for the screening of 2,949 teachers (including four positive patients) and 187 students. The population of the South Region is being encouraged to continue to actively participate in the interventions implemented as part of the response to Covid-19 because the health of everybody is at stake.&...