WATCH: Heavy security presence at Accra Girls SHS as parents rush to withdraw wards

10:58 - 06 July 2020

Parents are trooping to <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/presidency-denies-flying-akufo-addo-to-uk-for-covid-19-treatment/mlmlfse">Accra Girls Senior High </a>to take home their children after some students tested positive for COVID-19.

Over the weekend, it emerged that some students of the school showed symptoms of COVID-19 and were isolated in the school’s sickbay.

After testing 11 students for COVID-19, it turned out that six of them had contracted the virus.

There is heavy security presence at the Accra Girls Senior High School as some parents have trooped there to withdraw their children as six students test positive for Coronavirus.#JoyNews pic.twitter.com/MnhORlAbIC
— JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) July 6, 2020

As of this morning (Monday, July 6, 2020) many parents have stormed the school to withdraw their wards.

Videos that have popped up online show some of the parents standing at the entrance of the school, amid heavy security presence.

Another video depicted chaotic scenes on campus, as some of the students were heard chanting “we want to go home!”

This comes just over a week after government permitted the reopening of schools amid the COVUD-19 pandemic.

Watch the video below:

(VIDEO): Scores of parents besiege Accra Girls Senior High School #MorningStarr pic.twitter.com/vNI6FmnyLp
— Starr 103.5 FM (@starr1035fm) July 6, 2020