GHS Apologizes for Giving Wrong Covid-19 Updates on Wednesday
The GHS said the incident was a genuine mistake
Jonas Danquah 
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has rendered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for a “mistake” which occurred on its official website for covid-19 updates, in regards to an upload of some inaccurate figures.
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie said mishap was an oversight by the IT personnel in charge of updating the site.
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, some case count figures were uploaded on GHS’s website but were quickly taken down after some 20 minutes later.
Per the “wrong update”, the total case count of the covid-19 disease in Ghana was 7,362. While the death toll stood at 34 with 2,317 recoveries.
The “wrong” update, after it was brought down, fuelled speculations and criticisms that the government was massaging the covid-19 figures.
But in Dr. Badu Sarkodie debunked the allegations, stating that, the incident on May 27 was a genuine mistake which has been duly corrected.
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He explained during the Minister’s press briefing, Thursday, May 28, 2020 that the mishap was a genuine mistake on the part of the IT personnel in charge of updating the site.
“The challenges with the website sincerely I have to render an apology. The IT man uploaded a report up there quickly he realized it. It was late in the night and these are some of the challenges we have when people work late in the night and they have to produce an output. You realize that things were a bit different from what he wanted to punch so quickly he had to pull it down and change it.
“What we should have done immediately was not done, it was too late. He should have called some of us to advise him to put down something and apologize to the people of Ghana. This could not be done…Whatever we maintained there is the truth and nothing than that,” Dr. Badu Sarkodie said in a press briefing, on Thursday, May 28, 2020.
Meanwhile, the actual case count stands at 7,303 with 2,412 recoveries and 34 death, so far.
