COVID19: 136 students test positive for Delta variant in Ghana

No fewer than 136 students in a high school have been infected with the COVID-19 Delta variant and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed it.

During the latest national COVID-19 update, 136 out of 550 samples taken from students in Achimota School came out positive, said Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS.

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Aboagye said that three students from the school went to the hospital last month with symptoms of influenza, but ended up testing positive for COVID-19.

“Subsequently, other symptomatic students and contacts were identified, listed and tested for COVID-19.

“However, majority of the students, who tested positive, are day students,’’ he added.

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“We are doing the strategic testing of day students so that the infection does not spill into the community.’’

Ghana first confirmed six cases of COVID-19 Delta variants among passengers arriving in the country on June 22.

As of Sunday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has increased to 96,317.

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