COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
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The first two cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two people returned from Norway and Turkey.
COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Ghana |
First outbreak | Norway/Turkey/France |
Index case | Accra |
Arrival date | 12 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 5,408 (as of 13 May)[1] |
Active cases | 4,870 (as of 13 May) |
Recovered | 514 (as of 13 May) |
Deaths | 24 (as of 13 May) |
Government website | |
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On 11 March, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a budget increase of an equal amount to $US100 million[2] available to increase Ghana's coronavirus and response plan.[3]
Traveling to Ghana had been strongly discouraged until further notice from countries where at least 200 cases of COVID-19 were recorded was declared.[4][5]
On 15 March, President Nana Akufo-Addo banned all public gatherings including conferences, education facilities, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, church activities and other related events to reduce the spread of COVID-19.[6]
On 12 November, the country's first president Jerry Rawlings died from the infection in Accra, aged 73.[7]