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There are reports that Ghana’s first two cases of coronavirus were brought into the country by a Ghanaian and a Norwegian diplomat.
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, announced two confirmed cases at an emergency press briefing held on Thursday evening in Accra.
Flanked by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, and the Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Badu Sarkodie, the Health Minister said the two cases were confirmed on Thursday, March 13, 2020, at the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research.
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