The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) is set to
begin investigations into a tape making rounds on social media alleging the
conspiracy by political leaders to cover up the outbreak of the deadly Ebola
disease in Ghana. Director General of NITA, William Tevi told Newsmen the
agency is making sure that it is able to get to the source of the WhatsApp
message. The claims were supposedly made at an Annual General Meeting (AGM) of
the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana. The group has disassociated itself from
contents of the tape and challenged anyone who has evidence of such statement
at the AGM to come out boldly and not “hide behind the faceless and nameless
tape to create such fear and panic and further distort the critical issues
discussed at the meeting”. However, the Mr. Tevi said the agency will conduct a
more detailed investigation and details will be requested from WhatsApp in
order to determine the origin of the tape. He said government is keen on
finding out the motive with which the tape was circulated in order for it to
understand what it is all about. The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is
known to be the deadliest to date. The Ebola virus has sickened about 2127
people and killed 1145 of them in the worst hit countries; Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone and Nigeria with Liberia recording the highest death toll of 413.
Even though there is no known vaccine or cure for the disease an experimental
ZMapp drug has been sent to Liberia where three doctors suffering from the
virus have been put on a six day treatment programme. Two American health care
workers who have received the drug are said to be responding to treatment while
a Spanish missionary who was also administered the drug has died.
Source: Joy
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