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The Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum has disclosed that 648 persons have had contact with some eight persons who have contracted Coronavirus at the Accra Girls Senior High School.
A joint Statement from the Ghana Education Service and the Ghana Health Service earlier, confirmed that a teacher and his spouse as well as six students of the school have tested positive for the devastating disease.
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Speaking at a press briefing at the Information Ministry in Accra on Tuesday, Dr. Yaw Adutwum revealed that health officials have identified 648 contacts at the Accra Girls Senior High School and some of them have been tested, awaiting their results.
“A [COVID-19] case was reported to the health bay of a very distinguished school in Accra serving young women on June 29, 2020. A student who was unwell reported. Of course, they were quickly identified that it might be symptoms of COVID-19.
“Subsequently, other students started showing similar symptoms and they were all quickly quarantined prior to the testing and test results came in and we have six students who tested unfortunately positive for COVID-19. They were immediately isolated and taken care off and parents were informed to bring down the anxiety. An instructor and wife who tested positive have also been isolated.”
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Since the news broke in the media, some parents stormed the premises of the school to withdraw their wards but were not allowed. Reacting to it, Dr. Adutwum said, ” I can understand why some parents went to the school to take their children home, but taking your child away at this point is not a very good option…So as I speak to you now, we are on top of the medical side of things and the Ghana Education Service is also on the education side of things.
He continued that, “We understand that, in the midst of all the anxiety, it is difficult for students to learn, but counsellors are on-site now looking at ways that they can help the students recompose themselves and begin the preparations ahead,” he added.
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