There are fear and panic among delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) in Akim Oda and Akwatia Constituencies in the Eastern Region after the announcement that Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has tested positive for Covid-19.
According to some of the delegates, the Senior Minister was in the Constituencies and engaged them in separate meetings. Some of the delegates say they had very close contact with him exacerbating their fears that they might have been infected therefore want to be contacted traced and tested.
The Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Tuesday announced the Senior Minister who is a former Member of Parliament for Akyem Oda has tested Positive hence quarantined for management of his condition.
President of Ghana has been Isolated after someone in his inner circles tested positive. It is not clear if it is linked to the Senior Minister.
The Senior Minister becomes the latest public figure to test positive.
The CEO of Forestry Commission Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie however succumbed to the disease.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
