BREAKING: Total Of 6 Cases Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Ghana

BREAKING: Total Of 6 Cases Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Ghana

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The Government of Ghana has confirmed the
health service has confirmed a total of six
cases of Coronavirus COVID-19 in Ghana.

This was revealed by the Ministry of
Health today at the press briefing on
 the state of the nation with respect to
 the recent outbreak of coronavirus.

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, two
cases of COVID-19 were confirmed
in Ghana being the first batch of cases
 in the West African country.

The Director of Public Health at the Ghana
Health Service has confirmed four more
cases of the deadly coronavirus in the
 country.

At a press conference on Sunday to
announce the new developments,
Dr Badu Sarkodie said these new
cases like the previous two were
 imported into the county.

Just yesterday, the third and fourth
 cases were both recorded.
 The third case is a female student
who traveled to America and Turkey
 to study.




The fourth case involves a miner who
 flew to the country and traveled by air
 to Obuasi.

The other two cases, making it six
cases in all were confirmed just
last night, it involves a 42-year-old
 man who traveled to Ghana from
 Switzerland on the 8th of March.

The sixth case involves a 41-year-old
Ghanaian who traveled to Germany and
 Turkey before coming to Ghana.
 He showed symptoms of COVID-19
at the Tema General Hospital on the
14th of March, 2020.




According to the director, Dr Badu Sarkodie,
 all 6 individuals showed no signs of
COVID-19 on arrival at the borders of
 the country.

Mechanisms to identify contacts made
 by all six patients are underway.

Source:Nsemwokrom.com