The President, Nana Akufo-Addo is on a
14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who has tested
positive for COVID-19.
This was contained in a statement dated July 4, 2020, and signed by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
"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 noted that "the President has elected to do so after at least
one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19 today."
The
statement said, although President Akufo-Addo has tested negative for
the virus, he has still decided to 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.