The government of Ghana says a quarantine centre has been set up at Tamale in the Northern Region following the coronavirus disease (covid-19) outbreak in the area.

The move, comes at the back of the confirmation of 10 new COVID-19 cases in Tamale on Sunday, March, 2020.

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu disclosed this at a media encounter in Accra.

“We have now created a quarantine centre at Tamale and this afternoon we have put in 10 tested positive cases. All the 10 in Tamale are foreign nationals. Information we have from the case management people is that all those who tested positive are in very good condition. They have started engaging them,” he said.

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Mr. Manu also indicated that plans are far advanced to deploy the use of drones to test blood samples of suspected cases in areas distant from the testing centres.

Similar technology he said, will be used in the distribution of other essential medical supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).

“We are also deploying the facilities with drones to start flying some of the samples and protective products. This network is seriously triggered with the support of the military and we believe we can reach anybody as quickly as we have to,” he noted.