Mass testing of Police officers for coronavirus underway in Bolgatanga

Hundreds of Police Officers in the Upper East have been lined up to undergo a mandatory screening and testing for Coronavirus.

The exercise has been necessitated by the record of 7 confirmed Covid-19 cases within the police service out of the regional record of 19 with 1 death.

The positive cases are asymptomatic and are under surveillance at the Regional Hospital.

But the Officers undertaking the test have been drawn from Tongo, Zuarungu, Nangodi and Bolgatanga Municipal Police Command.

The SWAT and Visibility Units and staff at the Regional Police Command have also been tested to identify and curb the spread of the disease in the Ghana Police Service.