The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed two more cases of the novel coronavirus in Ghana, taking the total to 11, APA learns here Friday.
The two cases were recorded in the Ashanti Region.
The statement said the GHS on Thursday confirmed two more cases in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The first case was a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident in the United Kingdom, who recently returned to Ghana and currently living in Kumasi.
She reported to a private hospital with the history of fever and high temperature, general malaise, cough and runny nose.
The second case involved a 61-year-old Lebanese male trader and resident in Kumasi. He felt unwell and reported to a health facility with fever and high temperature and cough.
The statement published by the GHS said that both cases were being managed in isolation and that they were responding to treatment.
So far, the confirmed cases in Ghana are from Turkey, Norway, Germany, France, United States of America, United Kingdom (UK) and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
With regards to contact tracing, a total of 399 contacts have been identified and are being followed up. Nineteen of the contacts developed some forms of symptoms and samples were taken for laboratory testing.
“We have received laboratory results for 15 of them which are all negative for COVID-19 and we are awaiting results for the four others. Contact identification and tracking for the newly confirmed cases have just started,” the statement said.
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