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The Child Health Directorate of Komfo Anokye University Hospital (KATH) has recorded 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Fourteen (14) of the cases resulting in two deaths were recorded last year, while the start of this year also saw nine confirmed cases and one death, authorities said.
Chief executive Professor Sampson Antwi, briefing media in Kumasi, said the latest confirmed cases involved an 11-day-old baby.
He said three of the cases recorded in January this year had already been processed and the children had been released, while the rest were being processed.
Prof Antwi pointed out that the cases recorded last year ranged from three months to 14 years old.
He described the development as worrying and warned citizens to strive to adhere to security protocols because everyone was in danger.
“We are aware that the second wave of the pandemic could be deadlier given the high rate of infections and deaths around the world,” he noted.
Professor Antwi said the hospital has established a waiting area and isolation center to care for children who show symptoms of the disease.
He assured that the authorities were up to the task and had put in place adequate measures to manage the situation.
Meanwhile, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has gathered that two of the children who have tested positive for the disease since the start of this year have developed symptoms of COVID-19 upon admission to the ward.
The authorities, after subjecting them to the required tests, then isolated them when they tested positive.
A visit to some units in the hospital indicated that security protocols were strictly followed and that no visitors would be allowed in without having their body temperature taken.
In addition, a “No Mask, No Entry” notice was posted at all entry points.
—GNA
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