Health Minister Kwasi Agyemang-Manu has confirmed two cases of coronavirus in Ghana in an emergency press conference.
Health Minister Kwasi Agyemang-Manu has confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus in Ghana in an emergency press conference.
The two cases tested positive after laboratory tests from the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research on Thursday, March 12.
“Fellow Ghanaians, the Ministry of Health has confirmed two cases of coronavirus. The cases were confirmed on the 12th of March, 2020 and the first cases to be reported in Ghana”
The two are the first cases of the coronavirus to test positive in Ghana after some 57 cases earlier proved negative.
The cases are imported according to the minister as both individuals returned to Ghana from Norway and Turkey.
“Both individuals returned to Ghana from Norway and Turkey. So these are imported cases of coronavirus.
As of today, Thursday, 12 March 2020, 126, 380 COVID-19 cases had been recorded across the globe, according to worldometer with 4, 635 deaths.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has declared a 72-hour prayer and fasting period against the spread of the coronavirus.
The founder and leader of Action Chapel International has been leading his congregation to pray since 8 march 2020 that no Ghanaian life, home and abroad, will be lost to the COVID-19.
Declaring the 72-hour fasting and prayers at his church on Sunday, 8 March 2020, Archbishop Duncan-Williams told his congregation: “I’m declaring a 72-hours prayer. There comes a time when we must demonstrate and show who we trust; its either we trust God, believe God or the arm of flesh”.
