President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has confirmed the health status of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, who has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.
The health minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu is currently on treatment at the University of Ghana medical centre after testing positive for the novel Coronavirus.
According to sources at the hospital who confirmed the information, the Dormaa Central MP was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday and is “in a stable condition”.
The president during his 11th televised update to the nation on measures to fight COVID-19. Said: “Permit me to pay a brief tribute to the memory of an old and valiant colleague in the struggle of the New Patriotic Party and in the work of the Akufo-Addo government, the Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, the Chief Executive of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Hon. K.K Sam, Egya Sam to me and many, whose efforts in enforcing social distancing protocols at the Sekondi and Takoradi markets were, recently, highly commended by me, and who sadly passed away on Friday, as a result of a COVID-related death. May his soul rest in perfect peace in the bosom of the Almighty until the Last Day of the Resurrection, when we shall all meet again. Let us also wish our hardworking Minister for Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman Manu, MP for Dormaa Central, a speedy recovery from the virus, which he contracted in the line of duty, and is in stable condition.”
He also disclosed that Ghana has recorded 11,964 cases of the novel Coronavirus cases less than 24-hours after the last update by the Ghana Health Service.
He indicated that about 4,258 persons with the virus have recovered and some 54 persons with underlying sickness have also died.
