COVID-19 more dangerous than HIV AIDS – AIDS Commission boss
The Director-General of Ghana AIDS Commission, Kyeremeh Atuahene, has said that COVID-19 is more dangerous than HIV AIDS. Elaborating on why he thinks so, he remarked that people infected with HIV/AIDS can live for so many years before dying whiles COVID-19, on the other hand, doesn’t give infected people the chance to live long. “HIV…
The Director-General of Ghana AIDS Commission, Kyeremeh Atuahene, has said that COVID-19 is more dangerous than HIV AIDS.
Elaborating on why he thinks so, he remarked that people infected with HIV/AIDS can live for so many years before dying whiles COVID-19, on the other hand, doesn’t give infected people the chance to live long.
“HIV AIDS has been around for over 40 years and people still live it with. Those who stick with the drugs stay for a very long time. It is not the same with COVID 19. COVID-19 is more dangerous than HIV AIDS,” he said.
Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday, Mr Atuahene appealed to Ghanaians to stick to the safety precautions announced by the government in order to avoid the havoc that has been caused by the virus in other places.
He also warned COVID-19 will spread rapidly if people continue to stigmatise victims of the virus.
He said patients of viral diseases who cannot stand societal neglect often keep mute over the status so they can be accepted in society.
“If you stigmatise them, they will hide their status and spread it because nobody wants to be rejected by society. If we do not support them, we are putting everybody’s life at risk,” he warned.