Coronavirus: Ghanaians attitude 'alarming', President must introduce strict measures - Atik Mohammed

Atik Mohammed has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to introduce strict measures to curb the Coronavirus pandemic.

According to Atik Mohammed, looking at the rapid case count of the disease in the country, it is advisable for the President to escalate the measures to ensure all Ghanaians adhere to the preventive health protocols.

Ghana's COVID-19 case count now stands at 12,929 after 339 new cases were added, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday.

The number of recoveries now stands at 4,468 and death toll, 66.

This brings the total number of active cases to 8,395.

4 of the cases are critical and on ventilators and 14 severe.

Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', Atik Mohammed was worried about the unperturbed attitude of many Ghanaians towards the pandemic.

"I think its about time we re-escalated some of the measures. The President de-escalated some of the measures and removed some of the restrictions but it appears the outcome is becoming more worrisome. For me, we need to re-escalate some of the measures because now people are acting like there's nothing in town. They're walking as if life is normal or they do business as usual but we're not out of the woods yet."