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Coronavirus: Canadian High Commission shuts down until further notice

The Canadian High Commission in Ghana has shut down “until further notice” following the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the country.

A Tweet posted on the Commission Twitter timeline reads, “In doing our part to #flattenthecurve & prevent the spread of #COVID19, our offices are closed to the general public until further notice.”

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Top officials of the High Commission are set to leave the country.

This brings to three the number of foreign missions that have shut down due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana after the Netherlands and Norwegian Embassies halted operations.

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The Norwegian Embassy shut down last week after a top official imported the virus into Ghana.

“The Embassy of Norway can confirm that one of our colleagues has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The person is in quarantine and the Embassy is in close dialogue with Ghana Health Service,” the Embassy stated via its Facebook page.

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The Netherlands Embassy also followed suit stating that “following the confirmation by the Norwegian Embassy that one of its staff has tested positive for Covid-19, and given that Norwegian and Netherlands Embassies share the same building, the Netherlands Embassy in Ghana is closed down until further notice.”

In doing our part to #flattenthecurve & prevent the spread of #COVID19, our offices are closed to the general public until further notice.
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— Canada in Ghana (@CanHCGhana) March 17, 2020