The Ghana Health Services will soon hit high-risk communities in the Ashanti region and the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly (AWMA) with compulsory house-to-house testing of people suspected to be carrying the coronavirus.

Health authorities say the move has become necessary as these areas have been identified as one of the epic centers of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.

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