COVID-19: Prez Akufo-Addo Completes 14-Day Self Isolation, Resumes work today

Ghana’s President,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will resume out-of-home work today, after completing a 14-day self-isolation exercise at the Presidential Villa

Akufo-Addo had been in self-isolation since July 4, 2020.

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah speaking at a press briefing on the country's COVID-19 management yesterday, said the President has been cleared to resume work after testing negative for the virulent disease.

He confirmed that Akufo-Addo will “attend to business from and out of his office at the Jubilee House from Monday”.

Akufo-Addo had been working from the Presidential Villa in the Jubilee House during the period in self-isolation.

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While in isolation, the President held two virtual meetings — government’s 80th Cabinet meeting and a meeting with his 2020 Campaign Communications Advisory Team, during which he urged the team to emphasise the need for adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols.

Meanwhile, the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo who earlier contracted the COVID-19 disease, has now ‘recovered’, the Information Minister disclosed.

"In some other matters, the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, you will recall, instructed us to announce his positivity to the country a number of weeks ago. He has been on supportive treatment at home since.

“His test results last Thursday came negative and he is grateful to the Ghana Health Service for the care,” the minister said.