President Akufo-Addo is in isolation at the presidential villa in the Jubilee House
ACCRA, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Presidency says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is observing a 14-day self-isolation precautionary measure at the Presidential Villa in the Jubilee House.
An earlier reportage by the Herald Newspaper claimed that the president was on Saturday “flown out of the country to London for COVID-19 treatment” after testing positive.
The paper also alleged that aides to the president have tested positive for the coronavirus and are in quarantine.
But Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the presidency in a Facebook post described the reportage as “figment of the author’s imagination”.
He urged the public to disregard the false story.
Arhin, then, shared a photo of a smiling Akufo-Addo in self-isolation with his wife and children.
The news follows a statement from the Information Ministry announcing a 14-day self-isolation for President Akufo-Addo after one of his inner circles tested positive for COVID-19.
“On the advice of doctors, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is from today, July 4, 2020, taking a fourteen (14) day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols,” the statement signed by Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said.
The statement noted that “the President has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19 today (Saturday).”
The statement further noted, although President Akufo-Addo has tested negative for the virus, he has still decided to self-isolate “out of the abundance of caution.”
“The President will during this precautionary self-isolation period, be working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, Accra,” the statement added.
Ghana has confirmed 697 new Covid-19 cases pushing the country’s caseload to 20,085 as of Saturday.
The latest data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) also confirmed that 122 persons have died after contracting the deadly contagion.
The number of active cases are 5,093 with the discharges/recoveries count pegged at 14,870. — NNN-AGENCIES
