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  • Some Kuwait returnees have tested positive for coronavirus Ghana Health Service

    The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says some of the over 200 Ghanaians who returned from Kuwait over the weekend have tested positive for coronavirus.

    Director of Public Health at the Service, Dr Badu Sakordie during a press briefing on Thursday said he has been informed that some of the returnees have tested positive but will wait for official confirmation of the exact number.

    “There are indications that some of them have tested positive. We will follow up and when we have the full report, we will share appropriately,” he said.

    Prior to this, tests conducted on the returnees by Kuwaiti health officials were negative.

    The Director of Media and Communications for Operation Covid-19 safety, Osei Bonsu Dickson who revealed this to JoyNews when they arrived in Ghana on Saturday, May 23, however, indicated that another round of tests would be conducted on them.

    They are the first batch of citizens resident abroad who have applied to be brought back home following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

    They arrived via a special chattered flight at the cost of the Kuwaiti government and are on a 14-day mandatory quarantine as screening and tests are carried out.

    Source: myjoyonline.com

  • Some Ghanaians who returned from Kuwait test positive for coronavirus – GHS

    Some of the 230 Ghanaian returnees from Kuwait have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed.

    Director of Public Health at GHS, Dr Badu Sarkodie, said at a press briefing on Thursday, May 28, 2020, that a full report will soon be made public.

    “The people that came from Kuwait, we are following up, they have finished with the tests of all the people that they took samples. There are indications that some of them are positive, we will follow up this and when we have the full report, we will share these reports appropriately,” Dr Sarkodie said.

    The Ghanaian deportees on board a Kuwait Aircraft arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on Saturday from the Gulf country.

    They have been placed undergo a 14-day mandatory quarantine at designated hotels and under heavy security.

    They were received into the country after weeks of bilateral discussions between Ghana and Kuwait, the government has said.

    The government said they were repatriated back home following their incessant calls on the government for assistance.

    The returnees paid the full cost for their return, the government has explained.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Kuwaiti government paid for airlifting of deported Ghanaians – Government

    Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu has disclosed that the Kuwaiti government paid for the cost of the aircraft that airlifted the 230 Ghanaian returnees who arrived in the country last week.

    Addressing a press briefing organised by the Ministry of Information, Mr. Owiredu said the decision to evacuate the returnees was taken by cabinet through a collaboration with the Kuwaiti government.

    ”As to the cost, let me emphasise that in terms of the cost of the aircraft, them boarding, arriving all that; that cost was borne by the Kuwaiti government. The cost borne by the government of Ghana could be on their arrival, we bought some drinks, food to eat and the cost of quarantine, he explained.

    The government granted permission for the deportation of some 230 Ghanaians illegally residing in Kuwait.

    The deportees who the National Security has described as returnees arrived in the country last week.

    They were conveyed via a chartered flight at the cost of the Kuwaiti government.

    The returnees were screened for COVID-19, and later sent into mandatory quarantine when they arrived on Saturday.

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • 230 Kuwaiti deportees tested for coronavirus – Charles Owiredu

    Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu, has indicated that the 230 Ghanaians from Kuwait who arrived on May 23 have been tested for Covid-19.

    The test results are however yet to be released.

    Mr Owiredu said the Ghanaians are being taken care of in isolation centres where they are observing their 14-day mandatory quarantine as they await their Covid-19 status.

    The 230 Ghanaians touched down at the Kotoka International Airport on May 23 on a charted flight of which the Kuwaiti government bore the cost.

    They were immediately taken through the necessary measures to prevent the importation of Covid-19.

    The Deputy Minister noted that the group consisted of students, businessmen and women and individuals who had travelled to Kuwait.

    According to him, the initial number communicated was 245 however, when the number of passengers was checked upon their arrival, it came to 230.

    He was speaking at the Ministry of Information (MOI) Covid-19 press briefing in Accra on May 26.

    He expressed appreciated to the health and security team that worked to ensure that the Ghanaians were warmly welcomed home.

    Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who made the disclosure about the deportees on May 22 said the government of Kuwait made the request which the Ghanaian government accepted.

    “The government was satisfied with the diplomatic corporation by the government of Kuwait, ” he said.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • 245 deported Ghanaians quarantined at Ghanaman soccer center

    The 245 Ghanaians deported from Kuwait over the weekend are being quarantined at the Ghanaman soccer centre of excellence at Prampram, Starr News has gathered.

    They are the first batch of people to be taken to the centre since the Ghana Football Association (GFA) offered the facility to government for use in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Starr News source says they are likely to be transferred to the Pentecost isolation centre in the Central region.

    Meanwhile, Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has disclosed none of the deportees tested positive for the virus when a check was conducted on them before being flown to Ghana.

    “Where we have gotten so far, the test is generally negative, [but] our internal medical experts will conduct another round of test to be sure that they are truly negative,” he told Accra-based Citi FM.

    On Sunday, 66 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Ghana pushing the countries case count to 6,683 from 6,617.

    The number of recoveries has also increased to 1,998 from 1,978 while the death toll has also increased to 32.

    Case counts per region

    Greater Accra Region 4,798

    Ashanti Region 1,049

    Central Region 299

    Western Region 210

    Eastern Region 106

    Western North Region 61

    Volta Region 47

    Northern Region 36

    Oti Region 26

    Upper East Region 26

    Upper West Region 21

    North East Region 2

    Savannah Region 1

    Bono Region 1

     

    Source: Starr FM

  • Photos of Ghanaian returnees from Kuwait

    Some 263 Ghanaians have arrived in the country from Kuwait as part of the first wave of evacuations of nationals stranded abroad due to Covid-19.

    This follows the announcement of the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah that they were deportees found to have been illegally residing in that country.

     

    Source: Myjoyonline Â