Ghana’s Coronavirus cases rise to 27, two deaths
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Ghana’s Coronavirus cases rise to 27, two deaths. Three more confirmed cases of the global pandemic, coronavirus, have been recorded, Ghana Health Service has said.
Ghana’s Covid-19 cases rise to 27 however the number of active cases, is 25.
As of 23rd March 2020, [14:00 GMT] a total of 521 suspected cases have been tested for COVID-19 by Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR).
All the twenty-five confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation.
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Among the confirmed cases, twenty are of Ghanaian nationality, the majority of whom returned home from affected countries. Seven are of other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, France, UK.
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In respect of contact tracing, a total of 598 contacts have been identified and are being tracked.
One of the contacts developed symptoms and has been confirmed positive.
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Nineteen people have completed the 14 days of mandatory follow up in Ghana’s Coronavirus cases reports and management.
Who should be self -quarantined?
Travelers coming from countries/territories/areas with active transmission of COVID-19
as analyzed and designated by the Ministry of Health/ Ghana Health Service (refer to the
list of countries) shall be in self-quarantine for 14 days.
Any individual who has been in close contact with a person confirmed to be having
coronavirus disease should be self-quarantined for 14 days since the last contact with the
confirmed case.