Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of the Public Health Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of the Public Health Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS)

Coronavirus: 1030 travellers on mandatory quarantine in Ghana

A total of 1030 travellers are currently on mandatory quarantine in Ghana as part of measures to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana.

The 1030 travellers who arrived in Ghana in the last few days after air, land and sea borders closed are currently on mandatory quarantine for 14 days.

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Out of the number,  611 samples have been taken and 185 have been processed and 25 tested positive for COVID-19.

The rest are yet to be tested.

This is what is adding to the previous 27 cases as of Monday night to give Ghana a total of 52 cases with 2 deaths.

It means Ghana is now having 50 existing cases which are being managed in isolation.

The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu made this known at a press briefing in Accra on Tuesday morning [March 24, 2020].

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