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Ghana has registered Indian strain of coronavirus
• Deadly variant of COVID-19 Delta detected among Ghanaian population
• The variant is said to be the most contagious of the COVID-19 variants
• Some students from an undisclosed high school contracted this new variant.
The highly contagious COVID-19 strain, Delta has been registered at one of Accra’s high schools.
This was revealed by the director of public health of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, in an interview with GhanaWeb on Saturday.
According to him, most of the students who contracted the virus were asymptomatic and respond to treatment.
“There is an epidemic in the school (name withheld), they did some tests, some of them had a Delta strain … Noguchi decided to do some specialized testing … when they did the tests. tests, they realized that some of the students had Delta tension… most of the students are in fact asymptomatic and I’m sure on Tuesday they would all have been released, ”said Dr Asiedu-Bekoe.
He noted that these recorded cases of the Delta strain show that the highly contagious variant is in the community.
“The Ministry of Information issued a statement that there was a Delta strain in the community. Before that, we were actually able to detect the Delta strain at the airport, but at that time we weren’t sure that this strain was in the community, so now we have proof that the Delta strain is in our community, ”he said. GhanaWeb.
Although details of the particular school and the number of students involved were not specified by Dr Asiedu-Bekoe, a GhanaWeb source close to a health facility where some of the cases were said to have been confirmed revealed that two of the affected students had been brought to the school by their parents for testing.
It was after the school sent them to Achimota Hospital.
Delta variant confirmed in community in Ghana:
As a reminder, the Ministry of Information announced on Friday that the deadly variant of COVID-19 Delta had been registered in the country.
The Delta variant, which originated in India, is said to be the most contagious of the COVID-19 variants.
It has been attributed to an increase in cases in the UK and subsequently resulted in the deaths of scores of people in India.
The ministry also advised the general public to strictly adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols to protect their lives.
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