We are yet to receive official confirmation of the alleged COVID-19 cases in schools- Bono Education PRO
Nine cases of COVID-19 have been recorded at a College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the Bono region since the re-opening of schools
Joseph Marfo 
Mrs. Yaa Kumi Yeboah, Public Relations Officer of Sunyani Municipal Education Directorate, has said the office is yet to receive an official letter from Bono Regional Health Directorate confirming cases of COVID-19 in some schools in the Municipality.
Nine cases of COVID 19 have been recorded at a College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the region since the re-opening of schools.
Dr. John Ekow Otoo, Deputy Bono Regional Director of Ghana Health Service (GHS) in-charge of Public Health, confirmed this to Soiree News 24 on Thursday, February 4, 2021, in Sunyani.
He said eight of the affected students are in institutions in Dormaa West and Dormaa East Districts and the remaining ones in a school in Sunyani Municipality.
Dr. Otoo disclosed that all the students are in stable conditions, adding, the boarding students among them were quarantined within the school environment and the day students in their homes.
He said contacts were identified among students and staff of the schools and samples taken for testing.
Mrs. Yeboah in reaction affirmed her office was not officially aware of the recording of a case in an institution in Sunyani Municipality
The country has recorded a total of 70, 768 cases of COVID 19 with a total of 63,502 recoveries and 457 deaths since 2019. Experts have called for another lockdown by the government, saying the country risked succumbing to the virus. President Akufo Addo in his 23rd address to the nation reintroduced the ban on large funerals and weddings as part of measures to curtail the spread of the virus.
Nana Ama/ Bono Region
