I was never flown to UK for COVID-19 treatment – Prez Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dismissed reports which alleged that he was flown to the United Kingdom for treatment because he contracted the COVID-19 disease.

The president, who completed a 14-day self-quarantine upon doctors' advice, said he was amazed about the media reports.

He said he has been in Ghana throughout his two-week isolation period.

President Akufo-Addo made the comment when he met with members of the Vehicle and Asset Dealers Union of Ghana on Tuesday [July 21, 2020].

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President Akufo-Addo expressed appreciation to members of the union for showing interest in his welfare.

“I want to thank you for your interest in my welfare, I am fine and I am here.  I was sitting in my room and I was told I was sitting in a plane that was heading for Oxford, and it's trajectory plotted on a map. I was amazed but there it is, this is the Ghana in which we live, thank you,” President Akufo-Addo said in response to well wishes from the Spokesperson of the Union, Mr Opoku-Agyemang.

The meeting which was at the instance of the President was to discuss concerns raised by the members about the new Automobile Development Policy at the Jubilee House on Tuesday.

In other related development,  President Akufo-Addo will on Thursday embark on a trip to the West African country of Mali in a conflict mediation mission.

The trip will be Akufo-Addo’s first foreign travel after he closed the country’s borders in the advent of the COVID-19 outbreak.

President Akufo-Addo and his colleagues from Niger, Senegal, and Ivory Coast have been tasked by the African Union to lead a mediation effort to resolve the political impasse in Mali.