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The government set aside 80million Ghana cedis to pay frontline health workers' incentive package as part of Ghana's COVID-19 pandemic preparedness. [57] The Minister for Employment and Labor Relations stated an amount of GH¢320 million was spent on health workers as part of the Government's COVID-19 relief package. [58]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana, one from Norway and the other from Turkey .
Model-based simulations for Ghana indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t was stable below 1.0 in August. [1]On 1 August, face shields were reported to have gained acceptance as protection against COVID-19, rather than the use of face masks, as they were claimed to be more comfortable when worn for long hours.
Count of Cases per Region S.No. Region Total cases Deaths Recoveries Active cases 1 Greater Accra Region: 51,349 - - - 2 Ashanti Region: 15,545 - - - 3
The President claimed majority of COVID-19 cases in the country were the youth. [134] An MP called for the closure of schools for children in the lower primary and below. [135] Some Ghanaians shared their opinions over the rise in the virus. [136] A former MP played down claims the government is to be blamed for the rise in COVID-19 cases. [137]
Ghana reported its first two cases on 12 March. The two cases were people who came back to the country from Norway and Turkey, with the contact tracing process beginning. [72] [73] On 11 March, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, made the cedi equivalent of $100 million available to enhance Ghana's coronavirus preparedness and response plan.
The president asked students and teachers to abide by the COVID-19 protocols who would be involved in the conduct of the 2020 final year exams. [32] GES and GHS issued a joint statement stating, “any school where no positive case of COVID-19 has been recorded, the students can vacate and go home." due to COVID-19 infections recorded in some ...
The two cases were people who returned to the country from Norway and Turkey, making them imported cases of COVID-19 in Ghana. These two cases begun the first contact tracing process in Ghana. [4] Of the first two cases reported in Ghana, one case was a senior officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Ghana who had returned from Norway, [5] while the ...