On July 4, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced at a press briefing that the Achimota Senior High School had recorded 135 positive cases of various variants of COVID-19 including the highly transmissible Delta strain.
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of the GHS giving an update in an interview on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' said the number of cases recorded so far is 163 with 48 active cases.
He further urged parents not to panic because things are under control.
Meanwhile, Dr Kuma-Aboagye has stressed the need to enforce existing protocols on COVID-19 and urged the public to mask up, observe social distancing and wash hands regularly with soap under running water.
The Delta strain was first detected in Ghana in April 2021, among international arrivals at the Kotoka International Airport, and that the strain was detected in the community in July, he said.
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