The government of Ghana has confirmed the death of a 61-year-old Lebanese man who was said to have exhibited symptoms of coronavirus before his demise. Alex Abban, the deputy health minister of west African country, confirming the report on Saturday, March 21, revealed that the deceased man was tested positive at a health facility in Kumasi, Vanguard reports.
Abban said: “The information I got from the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service is that that person (the Lebanese man) has died. He died today.” Moreover, in a bid to discourage human trafficking in the country, the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, closed all borders within the nation’s territory.
President Akufo-Addo stated: “All our borders, that is, by land, sea, and air, will be closed to human traffic for the next two weeks beginning midnight on Sunday.”