Ghana's president self-isolates after close person tests positive for coronavirus

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Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo will self-isolate for 14 days on the advice of doctors after a person in his close circle tested positive for coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo addresses the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

ACCRA - Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo will self-isolate for 14 days on the advice of doctors after a person in his close circle tested positive for coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Saturday. “He has, as at today, tested negative, but has elected to take this measure out of the abundance of caution,” the statement said, adding that the president will continue to work during the period, in compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.Ghana has recorded 19,388 coronavirus cases, one of the highest number of cases in sub-Saharan Africa, with 117 deaths.

The West African nation’s deputy trade and industry minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah resigned on Friday for violating coronavirus self-isolation measures after he tested positive for the virus.

 

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What is Ghana?

I'll just post this before someone else does.

Good Decision

Pic: “Wait till my quarantine is over, Close Person...just you wait...”

Hopefully he fine, OromoProtests OromoRevolution HaacaaluuHundeessaa

Good for him.

Corona virus is not as fatal as before.

Это важно?! Про Гонконг расскажите, лучше, интереснее. Как Трамп предал демократию.

He doesn't look real.

Be safe baba

That's Leadership!

TheTweetOfGod wrong president

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