COVID-19: GHS vaccinates teachers of Achimota school

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has vaccinated some teachers of the Achimota School in the Greater Accra Region following the outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta strain in the school.

This is to help contain the spread of the virus in the school.

The school was hit with a surge in infections, leading to over 1,900 suspected cases.

However, after a successful mass testing of the school community, 222 students tested positive.

Meanwhile, as of July 24, 2021, 220 of the infected students had recovered leaving only two active cases.

The Director of Public Health at the GHS, Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe made this known in a Citi News interview.

According to him, all the other necessary facilities needed to curb any further spread have been provided to the school for use.

“We have done over 998 tests, and then we had 222 positives. So we have ensured that the necessary handwashing facilities are used and also to make sure the students were always in their masks. We have also vaccinated some of the teachers in the school who were not vaccinated.”

“The key thing we did was to identify the cases early and isolate them, and we did the isolation purely on the school compound.”

Ashanti Region COVID-19 Situation

The Ashanti Region has recorded 783 new cases of COVID-19 within one week as the country grapples with the third wave of the global pandemic.

The cases, which were recorded between 19th to 25th July brings the cumulative number of cases in the Region to 17,898 with 297 mortalities, leaving 1,135 active cases.

Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang, the Regional Director of Health Services who announced this at a media briefing on Monday, said 16,466 had recovered with 26 patients currently on admission at treatment centres.

He said a total of 1,595 health workers had been infected since the first case was recorded in the country in March last, with two of them unfortunately losing their lives.

The Regional Director disclosed that 365 students in basic, secondary and tertiary institutions in the Region had been infected in 85 schools but 254 of them had recovered with 111 active cases being managed.

He said 25 schools currently had active cases and urged management of schools to step up efforts to ensure compliance to the safety protocols to prevent further spread of the disease in schools.

He noted that cases of COVID-19 in schools were a source of worry for the Health Directorate, considering the huge numbers confined in the schools.