{"id":25040,"date":"2021-07-08T08:38:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=25040"},"modified":"2021-07-08T08:38:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:38:14","slug":"covid-19-no-more-visitation-to-achimota-school-for-two-weeks-ghs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=25040","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: No more visitation to Achimota school for two weeks \u2013 GHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ghana Education Service and the Ghana Health Service have partially locked down the Achimota School in the Greater Accra Region following the detection of the COVID-19 Delta strain in the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school authorities have been directed not to allow anyone to visit the premises nor allow anyone to go out for the next two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This directive comes after 135 students tested positive for the new strain of COVID-19 on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwesi Opoku Amankwa, has asked parents not to panic, assuring that measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to assure the entire country, especially for parents who have their wards in Achimota that every measure has been taken to ensure that we contain the spread of the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director of Public Health at GHS, Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, in a Joy News interview also said day students of the school are supposed to stay at home for the next two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to allow any visitation in the school for the next two weeks. The day students are going to be kept at home for the next two weeks, while those who are positive [for COVID-19] are going to be kept in isolation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GHS confirmed the detection of the highly contagious variant of Coronavirus \u2013 Delta, at the Achimota School, on Sunday, July 4, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to GHS, three students of the school presented influenza-like symptoms at the school\u2019s sickbay between June 14 and 16, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were tested in line with laid down protocols, and all three results turned out positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They subsequently isolated, and all contacts were placed under mandatory quarantine on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, initial calls for the closure of the school were rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, the Executive Secretary of Education think tank, Africa Education Watch,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2021\/07\/africa-education-watch-rejects-calls-for-schools-closure-over-covid-19-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kofi Asare<\/a><\/strong>, said the situation didn\u2019t require the closure of the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are protocols that are used in closing schools\u2026I think we are not at the level of closure of schools. 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