COVID-19: 55 STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE IN SHSs - GOVERNMENT

Fifty-five individuals at the Accra Girls’ Senior High School including students and members of staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Referring to a joint communiquè issued by Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), this was revealed after ‘containment measures’ were deployed following the confirmation of the school’s first case on July 6, 2020.

The figure was recorded after 314 persons in the institution were tested for the cruel virus as 259 returned negative.

However, as it stands, all confirmed cases have been transferred to designated national treatment and isolation centres for management.

The figure was determined after 314 persons in the institution were tested for the virus as 259 returned negative.

All confirmed cases have been transferred to designated national treatment and isolation centres for management.

Government has also marked out some pragmatic steps to take so far as part of measures to quell the spread.

These include identification and segregation of contacts from other students, restriction of the number of students that attend dining at a particular time, enforcement of social distancing protocols, enhanced hand hygiene practices among others.

The communique proceeded by revealing that “a few other schools have reported sporadic cases which have not experience a surge.”

Finally, it further expatiated that similar measures are being implemented in the respective institutions to curb the spread of the virus in senior high schools across the entire country.

Credit: Ministry of Education || Ministry of Health.