Ghana has afirmed five new cases of the coronavirus also known as COVID-19. All the five cases have been reported in the Greater Accra Region with no death recorded.
In a report sighted on the official Twitter handle of the Ministry of Information in Ghana, the five patients who tested positive have ranged between the ages of 29 and 53.
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Below are the Ghana Health Service’s information on the matter:
Five (5) new confirmed cases on the 19th March 2020. All five were reported from Greater Accra Region.
–29-year-old Ghanaian lady; resident of Accra; no history of travel; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory
— 34-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of Accra; contact of a confirmed case at place of work; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory
— 53-year-old Ghanaian male, resident of Tema; no history of travel, no evidence of close contact with confirmed case; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory
— 41-year-old Ghanaian male; arrived in Ghana by KLM on the 15 March 2020; indicated exposure with family members in Amsterdam exhibiting respiratory symptoms and also on the flight with some passengers sneezing and coughing; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.
— 36-year-old Ghanaian male; resident of Paris, France; date of arrival in Ghana unconfirmed; no evidence of contact with infected person;
This brings to a total of sixteen (16) confirmed cases in Ghana, with no death.
Confirmed cases of COVID19 in Ghana rises to 16 as at 20 March, 2020 – 09:45 GMT pic.twitter.com/vACUJf6B8a
— Ministry of Information (@moigovgh) March 20, 2020
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