Government says out of the latest 132 coronavirus cases including three deaths Ghana has recorded, 78 are from persons in mandatory quarantine.
Information Minister disclosed this after the Ghana Health Service confirmed the total number of cases on a portal to update Ghanaians on COVID-19 in Ghana.
In a tweet, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said: “treatment has commenced for them.”
GM Folks. Out of the latest update of 132 cases, 78 are from persons in mandatory quarantine. These persons were not allowed into the general population. Treatment has commenced for them. 1/3
— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) March 26, 2020
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js He said increased testing of returnees is ongoing.
Local cases stand at 54 many of whom were also returnees. Increased testing of returnees is ongoing. 2/2 https://t.co/ZFE9Q36SDi
— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) March 26, 2020
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js“The GHS will in the coming hours share data on the many numbers that are well, responding to treatment or recovered,” he added.
The GHS will in the coming hours share data on the many numbers that are well, responding to treatment or recovered. https://t.co/kzO2jjBGG8
— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) March 26, 2020
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the government to lockdown Ghana following increasing rate of covid-19, but President Akufo-Addo says the consequences of the lockdown must be looked at before a decision is made.
Speaking at the Jubilee House when leadership of the TUC called on him, President Akufo-Addo said the consequences of the lockdown must be looked at before a decision is made.