COVID-19:

New Screening Centres Created

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde

Gov’t has created new covid-19 screening centres

After launching mobile screening caravans to multiply testing of the Coronavirus across the country, the Ministry of Public Health has created over 100 new screening centres across the ten regions to improve testing, tracking and treatment of patients as the number of positive cases surges.
     As per the list made public by the ministry, Adamawa region will have 4 new centres, 14 in Centre, 3 in East, 5 in Far North, 9 in Littoral, 7 in North, 16 in North West, 3 in West, 23 in the South and 12 in South West.
    This new centres according to the ministry is aimed at encouraging Cameroonians in all regions to massively go for screening. Experts of the ministry stated that the only means of eradicating the virus in the country is to ensure communities take the lead in sensitization and screening.
    During the daily press briefings on the evolution of the COVID-19 4 August 2020, Dr. George Alain Etoundi Mballa, Coordinator of the Cameroon Health Emergency Operations Centre, emphasized that all hospitals and screening centres are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to carry out COVID-19 tests.
Etoundi urged persons presenting symptoms of the virus to shun fear and get themselves tested in the decentralized screening centres. The creation of the new screening centres comes after the launching of mobile caravans across populated areas like markets, motor parks, and university campuses to increase the testing.
    Statistics presented during the inter-ministerial committee to monitor the response plan indicates that Cameroon has so far recorded 17,586 confirmed cases, 15996 cured with 1117 active cases and 393 deaths recorded.