Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana has said eight hundred and four (804) persons who were mandatorily quarantined for the COVID-19 test have been released from quarantine to join their families as at 5th April 2020.
He revealed that the remaining one hundred and twenty-one (121) are in the process of being released and thank all of them and their families and loved ones for their understanding and co-operation with the stringent procedures that the Government was forced to deploy in the public interest.
The president, Nana Akufo-Addo said this in his fifth Nation’s address on Pandemic COVID-19.
He said” Of the one thousand and thirty (1,030) travelers, who were mandatorily quarantined and tested on their arrival in Ghana on the 21st and 22nd of March, seventy-nine (79) were initially found to be positive, and appropriate arrangements were made for their isolation and treatment. Subsequently, after twelve (12) further days of quarantine, twenty-six (26) other persons were found to be positive as a result of their second test, bringing the total number of those found to be positive to one hundred and five (105), all of whom have been isolated for treatment. Of the remaining nine hundred and twenty-five (925) persons, who have undergone two tests and found to be negative.”
The president added” As of today, Sunday, 5th April 2020, our current situation is such that we have recorded a total of two hundred and fourteen (214) cases. The Greater Accra Region has one hundred and eighty-nine (189) cases, followed by the Ashanti Region with twelve (12), Northern Region ten (10), Upper West Region one (1), Eastern Region one (1), and Upper East Region one (1). The ten from the Northern Region are the West African nationals who entered our country illegally, after the closure of the borders. In total, three (3) persons have fully recovered from the disease, forty-nine (49) persons have been discharged from treatment facilities, and are being managed from home, and the remaining one hundred and fifty-five (155) are responding to treatment. Two (2) persons are moderately ill, and five (5) persons, as I said before, have lost their lives.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
