Ghana Records it’s First COVID 19 Omicron Variant The Ghana Health Service (GHS) pronounced that it has discovered the COVID-19 Omicron variant at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
In Authority of the service, they detected it on Sunday, November 21, 2021, in a Nigerian traveller. It however said the variant has not yet been discovered within the community.
This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, during a presentation at the launch of Ghana’s Covid-19 vaccination month which starts today, Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
They also assured Ghanaians that all protocols have been intensified at the airport to ensure that there will be no community spread.
“The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 disease has been found at the Kotoka International Airport. The good thing is that in the community test done so far, we have not seen any Omicron within the community of Ghana, but the danger is that if someone has the Omicron, and it is incubating, it will not be found at the airport.”
Since the outbreak of the disease in Ghana on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the country has recorded 130,920 cases. Out of the number, a total of 129,042 persons have recovered. However, 1,209 persons have succumbed to the disease. Meanwhile, the GHS has expressed its optimism that it will meet its target of getting 20 million Ghanaians vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year.
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