By Seli Baisie.
Ghana has recorded the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Information has confirmed.
The Ministry disclosed this in a tweet on Friday, July 2. It said the Delta variant was detected within a Ghanaian community and relevant agencies are taking steps to contain the spread.
“At 10:00hours on Friday, July 2, 2021, the Covid-19 task force was advised by the Ghana Health Service, that the Delta Variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus has been recorded within a community (ie non-arriving passengers) in the latest round of genomic sequencing.”
“The Relevant agencies are taking the necessary steps to ensure that spread is contained.”
It added that the positive persons are in good health.
“The task force will provide further details at 13:00hours on Sunday, July 4th, 2021.”
The Ministry advised the public to adhere strictly to the covid preventive etiquette while going about permitted activities.
Below is the tweet from the Ministry of Information.
Delta Variant of Covid
1. At 10:00hours on Friday July 2, 2021 the Covid-19 task force was advised by Ghana Health Service, that the Delta Variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus has been recorded within a community (ie non-arriving passengers) in the latest round of genomic sequencing pic.twitter.com/UDOvdSzImK— Ministry of Information (@moigovgh) July 2, 2021
