GHANA- Thursday, July 16, 2020,/ https://africanpostonline.com/ Contributing to the rise in cases of COVID-19, are 62 cases in 7 schools in the Greater Accra region.
The Greater Accra Regional Director of Education Madam Monica Ankrah made this revelation in a media engagement today,Thursday, July 16, 2020 at the Accra Girls Senior High School during a disinfection exercise.
She says that all but two out of the 62 cases have recovered and have been provided with PPEs.
“Sometimes when we suspect a case, the impression that is created is that they are all positive cases. But by the grace of God, in the Greater Accra Region, we have 62 cases in seven schools and they have all recovered except about two. But we have given them all they need including sanitizers, nose masks, etc”.
The exercise was a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
Coordinator for the disinfection, Rev. Ebenezer Addae explained that the exercise was aimed at deactivating the virus. According to him it is a procedure to follow once a case has been recorded in a particular area.
“What the Ministry has done is a lot because according to public health, the first thing you need to do when there is a reported case is to disinfect to be able to deactivate the virus. Each student and staff must also take his or her own responsibility”.
The Accra Girls SHS was the first SHS to record a case when the government relaxed its measures to allow final year students to complete their final exams. The school still has the most recorded cases in one SHS.
It however isn’t the only SHS to record a case as 10 students were revealed today by the Regional Director of Health Services in a school in the Ahafo region.
In line with the increase in cases, various teacher union have called for the immediate closure of schools to protect staff and students of various educational institutions.
Source: Mawuena Azumah
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