I contracted COVID-19 after Hosting 60th Birthday Party – Kennedy Agyapong

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), few days after his 60th birthday celebrations with close family and friends.

“It was after my 60th birthday party which I resisted so much and it exposed me to people who had already tested positive…I dined with them and even for some people, they did not even have their nose masks on while others had theirs down the chin,” he said.

During his 60th birthday celebration, Kennedy Agyapong was captured in a viral video seated in the midst of his close family and friends, engaging in a cheerful conversation.

Among the few known public officials present at the ceremony was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu who was seen seated next to Mr Agyapong.

However, recounting his ordeal with the COVID-19 disease days after the event, Kennedy Agyapong said he lost weight in barely two weeks after he had taken ill..

“For over two weeks I was in quarantine; my nose was blocked and my bed was as if water had been poured on it coupled with a fever and within five days, I had lost weight drastically” He said in an interview with Adom News.

Mr Agyapong said he has recovered from the virulent disease now.

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He continued to caution Ghanaians to as a matter of urgency adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols, asserting that the virus is ‘real’.

“I have recovered now and not shy to talk about it because I am a testimony but the disease is so real and we don’t have to joke with it,” Mr. Agyapong urged.

Prior to Kennedy Agyapong’s case, public officials like Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu,  CEO of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, had also fought their battles with the novel coronavirus.