President Nana Akufo-Addo
ACCRA, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said that tertiary institutions in the country will reopen on Aug 24 for students who have yet to complete the academic year.
The government will put in place necessary preventive measures to allow students to return to school safely, he said during his 15th COVID-19 national address.
“Government, through the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service, will ensure that all these tertiary institutions are disinfected. Universities will be equipped with necessary personal protective equipment and those with their own hospitals and clinics will have isolation centers to deal with positive cases,” Akufo-Addo added.
The president said there will be no mass gatherings, sporting activities or religious activities on campus.
Schools in the West African country were closed on March 16, four days after Ghana recorded its first two coronavirus cases.
Akufo-Addo also said that the country’s international flights are likely to be resumed soon after months of suspension.
Ghana registered 322 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the caseload to 42,532, according to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
A total of 215 more patients were discharged from hospital, taking the total number of recoveries to 40,362, the GHS said.
The total death toll remained at 231, with no new COVID-19 related deaths recorded over the past day, it added. — NNN-XINHUA
