The 10 Guineans who tested positive for the coronavirus while in Ghana, will be repatriated to their country of origin.
According to the Information Minister,Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the foreigners have been in the county for 11 days and were part of a group of people who were put on mandatory self-isolation after they arrived in the Northern Region town of Tamale through Burkina Faso and Togo.
According to the minister, the affected Guineans came into Ghana before all land borders were closed.
“The regional security brief from the Northern Region, Tamale is that these persons, as part of the surveillance, were brought to the attention of the joint regional security and health team and were asked to self-isolate eleven days ago and were tested.
“The test results came in this morning (Sunday morning). The Ghanaian and other West African authorities are completing arrangements so that they can be repatriated to their countries of origin for treatment. So they will not be treated within our jurisdiction,” he added.
