GHS Warns Public Against Undesignated COVID-19 Testing Centres
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is warning the public against conducting COVID-19 test at undesignated centres in the Ashanti Region.
It follows reports that some staff of the service are purporting to offer COVID-19 tests for travelers in some of its facilities in the region.
According to the GHS, only Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) and the regional public health reference laboratory (PHR Lab) have been designated to conduct coronavirus test for travelers and contact tracing in the region.
In a circular addressed to all medical directors and superintendents, the GHS said: “The regional health directorate has not designated any other Ghana Health Service facility to do COVID-19 tests for travellers or walk in clients. Members of the general public have been advised via a press statement not to patronize persons who claim to offer COVID-19 tests for travellers or walk-in clients in GHS facilities.”
The Ghana Health Service is also warning the public against engaging the services of its staff in facilities other than the KCCR and PHR Lab.
Find the circular below
COVID TEST FOR TRAVELERS 1 (1)
Case update At least nine more persons have died of COVID-19 taking Ghana’s death toll to 542, health officials announced on Monday.
The country’s active cases now stand at 7,850 after 656 new coronavirus cases were confirmed at the laboratories.
As at 11 February 2021, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reports that the country’s total confirmed cases increased to 76, 492 out of which 68,100 have recovered.
So far, 87 persons are in severe situation while 31 remain critical, according to GHS. Cases detected at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are 1,175 with 973 recoveries.