The Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr. Nsiah Asare says government will in the coming days test all persons confirmed to have come into contact with persons infected with the novel coronavirus.
This comes in the wake of the sudden increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in less than a week.
Addressing the press on Thursday, Dr. Nsiah Asare said this new directive will help trace all infected persons.
A total of 132 persons have so far been confirmed to have been infected with the Coronavirus disease in Ghana.
This comes after 64 new positive cases were announced by the Ghana Health Service on Thursday, March 26, 2020.
Of the 64 new cases, 40 were confirmed among those under mandatory quarantine while the 20 others were confirmed through the Ghana Health Service’s regular surveillance systems of the local population.
Authorities say all the new patients have been isolated and are receiving treatment.
A Health Economist, Nana Kofi Quakyi, had urged the government to focus on building the processing and testing capacity of laboratories in Ghana as it moves to deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
With the cases of the virus expected to rise sharply in the short term, Mr. Quakyi noted that Ghana was at a stage where testing was paramount.
Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
