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The Public Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) today carried out a ‘supervised’ burial of five persons who died of Covid-19.
The five add to 16 other burials already undertaken by the Assembly.
The exercise leaves 27 outstanding bodies to be disposed off by AMA.
JoyNews' photojournalist, David Andoh who was at the ceremony said the five bodies were from the 37 Military Hospital and Greater Accra Regional Hospital morgues.
Meanwhile, 48 persons have so far died from the disease with more than 10,000 others infected.
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