Barring to the last minute changes, as some major cities in the country including Tema, Accra, Kumasi and Obuasi face a lockdown to curb the infection rate of the deadly coronavirus as declared by president Akufo-Addo as he address the Nation a fortnight yesterday.
According to reports gathered by Ghanawish.com, the Ghana Police Service, Berueu of National Investigation (BNI), Immigration Service and The Ghana Armed Forces, are ready themselves For Imminent lockdown of Kumasi, Tema, Accra Etc.
As at the morning of 27th March 2020, a total of fifty-seven (57) cases including three (3) deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems. All the three (3) cases that unfortunately succumbed to the disease were aged and had underlying chronic medical conditions. All the other fifty-four (54) cases are well; fourteen (14) are being managed at home and the rest are responding well to treatment on admission in isolation. They are awaiting their test results and will be discharged when the results are negative.
Majority of the confirmed cases are Ghanaians, who returned home from affected countries. Seven (7) are of other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (UK).
The number of confirmed cases among travelers under mandatory quarantine who have been tested is seventy-eight (78). In respect of contact tracing, a total of 1,006 contacts have been identified and are being tracked.
Out of these, two hundred and four (204) have completed the 14 days mandatory follow up.
