It is alleged that President Nana Akuffo-Addo was last Saturday flown out of the country to London for COVID-19 treatment, after testing positive although a statement government said he had gone into self-isolation as a precautionary measure but will be “working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, Accra.”
Other sources have also acclaimed that preparations are now
underway to have the President, who has been at the forefront with weekly
national broadcast in the fight against COVID-19, flown out of the country.
This paper’s sources inside the Jubilee House, reveal there has
been a series of COVID-19 tests at the Presidency, and a couple President
Akufo-Addo’s close aides and himself, tested positive.
But ahead of President’s status, his junior brother, Edward “Bumpty” Akufo-Addo, according to The Herald’s
information had about five weeks ago, been flown out from Ghana, on a chartered
Air Ambulance service to the UK for the same COVID-19 health condition.
Persons familiar with the subject, have said that Kojo
Oppong-Nkrumah’s statement announcing that President Akufo-Addo was going into
a 14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who tested positive
for COVID-19, was carefully crafted not to raise suspicion and anxiety in the
country.
“But the fact is that the President, has tested positive for the
virus”, one other intelligence sources close to The Herald, insisted
questioning why the President, was not taken to any of the COVID-19 designated
health facilities in the country namely; the University of Ghana Medical Center
(UGMC) in Accra, the Bank Hospital and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Another intelligence officer, asked that at least a video be shown
of the President living and working from the said isolation center, which the
government statement claimed he was working from.
To her, if the President is only in self-isolation and not
positive, he should do an national broadcast from there, to assure the nation.
Last night, the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in a statement dated July 4, 2020,
announced that the President, Nana Akufo-Addo had embarked on a 14-day
self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who has 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 added.
The statement said although President Akufo-Addo has tested
negative for the virus, he has still decided 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.A number of government appointees have tested positive for
COVID-19 within the last few weeks.
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah who also
tested positive for the virus resigned because he visited a voter registration
centre, contrary to advice by his doctor to self-isolate.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission and former
General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)Â Kwadwo Owusu
Afriyie, popularly referred to as Sir John also died on July 1, 2020, at the
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital as a result of COVID-19 complications.
The NPP’s campaign manager for the 2020 general elections, Peter
Mac Manu who also tested positive for COVID-19 is also currently receiving
treatment at the Korle Bu Hospital.
Ghana’s Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu also tested
positive for the virus about three weeks ago and received treatment at the
University of Ghana Medical Centre in Accra.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance
Authority (NHIA), Â Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, also tested positive for the
Coronavirus within the same period. Mayor of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan
Assembly, K.K. Sam, A who also tested positive for the disease, however,
passed on.
The MCE died on Friday, June 12, 2020, while receiving treatment
at the University of Ghana Medical Centre where he was rushed to after falling
sick.
The Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, was also
detained at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) on June 24, 2020 over
fears of COVID-19 infection.
Within the same period, Dan Botwe, the Minister for Regional
Reorganization and Development was also admitted at the University of Ghana
Medical Centre (UGMC) “upon feeling unwell”.
Few weeks on, it is unclear whether both tested positive for
COVID-19. Ghana as of July 4, 2020, has recorded 19,388 COVID-19 cases. It
follows the confirmation of 758 new cases by the Ghana Health Service.
In the meantime, the number of recoveries/discharges has been
pegged at 14,330. Ghana’s active cases currently stand at 4,491 with 117
deaths.
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