The Akuapem North & South District Assemblies, Okere district assembly and New Juabeng South Municipality has also declared a partial lockdown due to the influx of people into their communities following the lockdown in Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa.
The partial lockdown takes effect today [Tuesday, March 31, 2020] to curb the community spread of coronavirus.
As part of the measures, health workers have been deployed to the various checkpoints to take temperatures of people and direct abnormal cases to the appropriate authorities.
As of 30th March 2020, at 08:30 hrs, no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported since the last update at 11:00hrs on 29th March 2020.
The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research tested 17 samples from the Upper East (3), North East (3) and Ashanti (11) regions all of which were Negative. No new test results have been received from Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research since the last update.
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ghana stands at 152 with five deaths as of 30th March 2020 at 08:30HRS.
**All five (5) had underlying chronic medical conditions prior to COVID-19 infection
- Recovered & Discharged: two (2) have recovered and discharged; whilst two others are awaiting laboratory results to inform decision on discharge.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
