Okoe-Boye's COVID-19 Pandemic Book Launched

Bernard Okoe-Boye’book recording Ghana’s COVID-19 pandemic traumatic experience has officially been launched in Accra, on March 20, 2024.President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the College of Physicians and Surgeons launched the book titled, “Fellow Ghanaians: Telling Ghana’s COVID-19 Story: A Journey of Fear, Facts, Faith and Fortune.” The book is expected to serve as a study document presenting original research into the COVID-19 Pandemic and engaging directly with all sections of the Ghanaian society and beyond.

Okoe-Boye for thoughtfully giving a comprehensive analysis of Ghana’s COVID-19 pandemic traumatic experience.The President described Dr.

Bernard Okoe-Boye said he wrote the book to share knowledge with the world on how the Ghana government and all key stakeholders helped in fighting the COVID-19pandemic.“The legacies of the pandemic lie in these intangible, priceless changes in attitude.

The book is certainly a good record of the collective audacity of Ghanaians and our ability to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with such courage and alacrity.

To get a copy of this book is to keep a piece history on your bookshelf.”First Lady Rebecca The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo Addo (Mrs.) assessed the book and stated, “The COVID-19 pandemic taught as many lessons and showed as that we are a resilient nation.

The book gives insight into our transition from the first reported case to our unique responsiveness to the global pandemic as it evolved.

We are made to appreciate how the vulnerable in society adapted, as well what the government did, to facilitate the survival of the whole nation.”The simplistic vocabulary book dovetails a detailed account of how Ghana in the Sub-Region handled the COVID-19 pandemic using the “whole of government and whole of society” approach.The book recounts the discovery of the virus in Ghana and the swift crafting, adoption, and implementation of measures to contain its widespread.The book also gives a mental picture of the imposition of some restrictions, the acquisition of vaccines and their administration, and the easing of the restrictions by the Ghanaian authorities.