HEALTH

New variant of coronavirus detected in Ghana
President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that Ghana has detected a new variant of the coronavirus.

Date Created : 1/18/2021 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Nana Kesse/Ghanadistricts.com

Speaking during his  22nd address to the nation on COVID-19,  and safety  measures the president said: “Recent genomic sequencing undertaken by our scientists have establish that some arriving passengers tested positive for the new variant of COVID – 19”

He noted that, “these passengers have all been isolated” and “work is ongoing to determine the presence and extent of spread of the new variant in the general population”.

Meanwhile, Ghana's active cases continue to surge with a current record of 1924 and 352 deaths.

According to the president, “detailed investigations of the cases indicate that, apart from arriving passengers at our airport who tested positive, infected persons have recent histories of attending parties, wedding, end of year office programmes , family get-together and funerals. At these gatherings, most of them abandoned the use of mask, and were engaged in actions that led to them contracting the virus” he stated.