The Ghana Health Service has temporarily closed down the Okere District Education Directorate located at Aperede -Akuapem after a staff tested Positive for Coronavirus.
The office was shut down on Wednesday.
All staff at the office including the District Education Director has been asked to self-quarantine pending release of their sample results.
An Accountant at the Education Office reportedly contracted the virus from a close relation who tested positive in Accra.
Meanwhile, the office has been fumigated.
However, the case recorded created anxiety among staff who were calling for rationalization of duty at the office and possibly closure until the results of the samples are released.
But the Okere District Education Director Comfort Appiah -Ofori insisted all staff must be at post.
The District Education Director explained to Starr News, she was only adhering to advice by the District Health Director that the staff must be at the post so that they do not roam until the results are released.
But after the media report, that decision has been reversed hence the office has been closed down.
Okere is the latest to join the list of 22 out of 33 districts and Municipalities in the Eastern Region to record a confirmed case of coronavirus.
Eastern Region recorded forty-five (45) new confirmed cases of Coronavirus in four (4) Municipalities on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 increasing the regional case count to 452.
Twenty-One (21) new cases were recorded in Lower Manya Krobo while 8 were recorded in Asuogyaman, Kwahu West, and Okere recorded 15 and 1 confirmed case respectively.
Total fatalities recorded in the region are 7.
Out of the 452 persons tested positive for Coronavirus, 153 are health workers.
Ghana has recorded 445 new cases of COVID-19. This pushes the total national tally to 15,013, according to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service’s on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
The number of recoveries now stands at 11,078 while the death toll at 95.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
