Coronavirus: Ghana’s three new cases imported

The three latest cases of coronavirus record in Ghana are all imported, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed.

The GHS announced three new cases in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions today, taking Ghana’s number to nineteen.

According to the authorities, two of the patients recently returned from the UK while the other is from China.

It also added that contact tracing for the three new cases are underway.

Of the nineteen confirmed cases, only three are as a result of community spread.

1. 55-year-old Ghanaian woman; resident of the UK; returned to Ghana within two weeks; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

2. 84-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of the United Kingdom; came back to Ghana within the past two (2) weeks; developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory

3. 27-year-old Chinese male; returned to Ghana (Ashanti Region) in the past two weeks; developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory.