A research work conducted by Child Rights International has revealed that a total of 2,180 children between the ages of 0 to 18 contracted COVID-19 in Ghana.
Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, said most of the kids who contracted the virus were asymptomatic and were not hospitalized.
Mr. Appiah told Citi News the research was carried out in over 500 communities across the country.
“Majority of them are girls but if you also look at those who have died as a result of COVID, majority of them are boys. So that is the outlook of COVID situation in Ghana and what we have not determined is whether or not children have the capacity or are potential spreaders or transmitters of the COVID to their age cohorts or to the vulnerable,” Mr. Appiah added.
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has seen a sharp rise in recent days.
The rising cases have been attributed to the low level of compliance with safety precautions.
Managers of enclosed work environments have therefore been advised to step up compliance measures to stop the spread of the virus.
Within a period of three weeks, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has increased by more than 700 cases.
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