Ghana President Self-isolates Despite Negative Virus Test
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 05, 2020 | 09:50 AM
Accra, July 5 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Jul, 2020 ) :Ghana's president has gone into self-isolation for two weeks as a precautionary measure despite testing negative for coronavirus, the government said, after one of his contacts was confirmed to have the illness.
President Nana Akufo-Addo began his quarantine on Saturday and will be working from the presidential villa in Accra, capital of the West African country, the information minister said in a statement.
"The president has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19," the minister said.
"(The president) has, as (of) today, tested negative, but has elected to take this measure out of the abundance of caution."
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