A compulsory house to house Coronavirus tracing and testing exercise will be carried out in the Ayawaso West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region from Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

The announcement was made by the Municipal Health Directorate following the identification of the area as a hotspot for transmission of the virus.

The exercise will be conducted for 10 days to tackle the spread of COVID-19 among residents.

“A directive from the National Level has been given to conduct a COVID-19 contact tracing of all persons who have come into contact with COVID-19 positive patients…and conduct compulsory house to house testing of every individual residing in Ayawaso West Municipal Municipality”, the statement from health authorities indicated.

Over a hundred health and security officers from the police, immigration and national security are expected to be deployed for the exercise in the municipality.

The Ayawaso West Municipality includes areas such as Legon, Dzorwulu, East Legon, West Legon, Okponglo, Abelenkpe, Roman Ridge, Airport Residential and surrounding communities.

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The Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly in a statement called on residents to remain calm and cooperate with authorities carrying out the exercise.

“We wish to crave the indulgence of every person residing within the municipality not to panic but to kindly cooperate with the Team of Health Personnel and the Security Agencies  to ensure the success of this exercise”.

Already, Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has announced Accra and Tema in the Greater Accra Region as well as Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as the hotspots of COVID-19 in Ghana.

This is due to the high number of cases there, forcing President Akufo-Addo to declare a lockdown of those areas to tackle the spread of the virus.

Read full statement from the Assembly below: