According to the GHS, the number has increased from 6 to 55 after tests were done on 314 students and staff of the school.
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55 Accra Girls SHS students test positive for COVID-19
Fifty five students of Accra Girls Senior High School have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service has disclosed.
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In a statement released to the media, the Ghana Health Service also said coronavirus cases have been recorded in some other schools in the country.
According to the statement jointly signed by the Director General of GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye and Director General of GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, following reports of COVID-19 cases in some Senior High Schools in the country on 6th July, 2020, the Ghana Health Service and the Ghana Education Service instituted a number of measures to determine the extent of the outbreak and containment measures.
The statement said Accra Girls Senior High School has recorded most cases from the first report to date.
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It says as at 13th July, 2020, a total of 314 persons (student and staff) from the School have been tested.
“Out of these, 55 have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 while 259 persons tested negative,” the statement indicated.
The statement said a number of actions have been undertaken, including the “Identification and segregation of contact from other students; Sample collection and laboratory testing of all contacts identified and suspected cases.
Dr Kuma Aboagye
Pulse Ghana
It added that all confirmed cases have been transferred to designated national treatment and isolation centres for management.
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“Restriction of number of students that attend dining at a particular time; Enforcement of social distancing protocols, enhanced hand hygiene practices and the proper use of the facemask; Disinfection of the entire school has been carried out; Adequate PPEs have been provided to health staff stationed in the school; Education on COVID-19 prevention and control has been intensified within the school; Counselling and psychological support is being provided to the students; The school has designated a quarantine and isolation centre; Parents and guardians of affected student have been duly contacted,” are among the measures taken so far.
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