The Ghana
Education Service (GES) has directed heads of schools to
suspend all activities that require large gatherings.
In a communique after a meeting with the Ghana Health
Service, Director-General of the GES, Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said “public
activities such as Speech and Prize-Giving Days” must be suspended “until
further directives are given by the Director-General.”
Prof Opoku-Amankwa disclosed that educational materials have been prepared in
collaboration with the Ghana Health Service for circulation and education in
all schools.
The GES has taken the decision as Ghana records
two cases of the deadly coronavirus.
The cases,
according to the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, were confirmed on
Thursday, March 12, 2020.
The two – a
Ghanaian who was returning from Turkey and a Norwegian Diplomat – tested
positive for the virus.
“Laboratory
results of the two confirmed cases were received at the same time from the
Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research.
“Both
individuals returned to Ghana – one from Norway and the other from Turkey – so
these are imported cases of COVID-19,” Mr Agyeman-Manu said.
The World
Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
Globally, there have been 134,511 cases recorded
and at least 4,970 deaths.
The Ghana
Education Service (GES) has directed heads of schools to
suspend all activities that require large gatherings.
In a communique after a meeting with the Ghana Health
Service, Director-General of the GES, Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said “public
activities such as Speech and Prize-Giving Days” must be suspended “until
further directives are given by the Director-General.”
Prof Opoku-Amankwa disclosed that educational materials have been prepared in
collaboration with the Ghana Health Service for circulation and education in
all schools.
The GES has taken the decision as Ghana records
two cases of the deadly coronavirus.
The cases,
according to the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, were confirmed on
Thursday, March 12, 2020.
The two – a
Ghanaian who was returning from Turkey and a Norwegian Diplomat – tested
positive for the virus.
“Laboratory
results of the two confirmed cases were received at the same time from the
Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research.
“Both
individuals returned to Ghana – one from Norway and the other from Turkey – so
these are imported cases of COVID-19,” Mr Agyeman-Manu said.
The World
Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.
Globally, there have been 134,511 cases recorded
and at least 4,970 deaths.
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