Officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have commenced screening Ghanaian Parliamentarian for Coronavirus.
Collection of Samples for testing started Thursday May 21, 2020.All 275 Members of Parliament and Staff of the House would be tested.
The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak told the media after taking his turn that, the exercise was very smooth.
He said the exercise would serve as motivation to their constituents to corporate with medical teams embarking on contact tracing.
The Lawmaker urged the leadership of Parliament to extend the mandatory testing to their spouses as well as members of Parliamentary Press Corps
The exercise is being held after the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament Right Hon Prof Mike Aaron Oquaye directed that the Parliamentary Service Board and the Medical department liaise with the appropriate body to test Members of Parliament and Staff of the house for Coronavirus.
The speaker announced during his opening remarks Tuesday after Parliament reconvenes for the second meeting of the fourth session of the seventh parliament of the fourth republic.
“We are participants of public education on Coronavirus, can you imagine we members here going to educate the public have not been tested for, I direct on the authority of the parliamentary service board and parliamentary medical officers to liaise with the appropriate institution to conduct a test on all honorable members of parliament and staff of parliament on COVID 19. He directed.
COVID-19 cases in Ghana have now moved to 6,269 after 173 new cases were recorded. The Ghana Health Service announced Thursday May 20, 2020.
Also, 125 more recoveries have been confirmed increasing the total number of recoveries to 1,898.
The death toll still stands at 31.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
