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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that the highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 originating in India, the Delta variant, has been detected in the Ghanaian population.
The Information Ministry, which confirmed the development, said relevant agencies were taking steps to ensure it was contained.
It is not clear how many people have so far been detected as having the new strain of the virus, but the Information Ministry, in a series of tweets on Friday, July 2, 2021, said they were “in good health”.
Although the strain of the virus has already been detected in Ghana, it was among those arriving in the country from abroad.
“At 10:00 am on Friday July 2, 2021, the Covid-19 working group was informed by the Ghana Health Service, that the Delta variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus has been registered within a community (i.e. ie non-arriving passengers) in the last round of genomic sequencing ”.
“The agencies concerned are taking the necessary measures to ensure that the spread is contained. Positive people are healthy. The working group will provide more details at 1:00 pm on Sunday July 4, 2021 ”
“The general public is advised to strictly adhere to the preventive label of COVID-19 during authorized activities,” said the Ghana Health Service.
The Delta variant, which is currently the most contagious, is spreading rapidly across the world.
Reports suggest that the variant can trigger serious illness in people who are not yet vaccinated.
The director of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) at the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awendare, in a previous interview with Citi News called for strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols to prevent the spread of the highly contagious variant when it has not yet entered the general population.
“It’s not too different from normal COVID in terms of clinical presentation. This means that if the original COVID-19 infected ten people for every infected person, it might infect 17 or 18 people. The good thing is that the same protocols will work. This is how we strictly adhere to these protocols. ”
He also advised the government to explore various types of vaccines to ensure herd immunity against the contagious virus.
“Some countries are using Pfizer, and they have a better record in the fight against COVID-19. If we are still looking for vaccines, let’s get whatever we can get, but try to get a mix of vaccines because they will be of use to us. ”
—Press room
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