Coronavirus: 55 in Accra Girls SHS test positive
The confirmed cases at the school include students and staff
Jonas Danquah 
Fifty-five persons at the Accra Girls’ Senior High School including students and members of staff have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
According to a joint statement issued by Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Educations Service (GES), this was revealed after measures were put in place following the confirmation of the school’s first case on July 6, 2020.
The figure was determined after 314 persons in the institution were tested for the virus as 259 returned negative.
All confirmed cases have been transferred to designated national treatment and isolation centres for management.
The statement further disclosed that “a few other schools have reported sporadic cases which have not experience a surge.”
Read full statement below
