BREAKING: Coronavirus Cases Rises To 27 In Ghana, 2 Deaths

&NewLine;<p>Three more confirmed cases of the global pandemic&comma; coronavirus have been recorded&comma; Ghana Health Service has said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The number of active cases&comma; however&comma; is 25&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A statement on the Ghana Health Service website indicated that &&num;8220&semi;As of 23rd March 2020&comma; &lbrack;14&colon;00 GMT&rsqb; a total of 521 suspected cases have been tested for COVID-19 by Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research &lpar;NMIMR&rpar; and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research &lpar;KCCR&rpar;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>All the twenty-five confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Among the confirmed cases&comma; twenty are of Ghanaian nationality&comma; the majority of whom returned home from affected countries&period; Seven are of other nationals namely&colon; Norway&comma; Lebanon&comma; China&comma; France&comma; UK&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the statement added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In respect of contact tracing&comma; a total of 598 contacts have been identified and are being tracked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>One of the contacts developed symptoms and has been confirmed positive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Nineteen people have completed the 14 days of mandatory follow up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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