3 New Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed In Ghana Bringing Total to 19

3 new cases of the novel 2019 coronavirus have been confirmed in Ghana, bringing the total number of cases to 19. The new cases were all confirmed on Friday, March 20th 2020 – 2 in Accra and one in Kumasi. Despite recording the first cases of local infection on Thursday, Friday mercifully passed without anymore confirmed cases of community spread. Instead, all these 3 new cases are of people who recently travelled. Two of them recently returned from the U.K and one from China. 55-year-old Ghanaian woman; resident of the UK; returned to Ghana within two weeks; sample confirmed positive in the laboratory. 84-year-old Ghanaian lady resident of the United Kingdom; came back to Ghana within the past two weeks; developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory. 27-year-old Chinese male; returned to Ghana in the past two weeks; developed symptoms and sample confirmed positive in the laboratory. The Ghana Health Service says it has started contact tracing in all new cases. Source | Summary