As Ghana tries to contain the scourge of the novel coronavirus, it has emerged that a traveller who initially tested negative but was placed in mandatory quarantine has now tested positive for the virus.

The Ghana Health Service revealed that the traveller had tested negative upon returning to the country but somehow tested positive when the test was redone.

“Among the cases from Greater Accra, one is a 37-year-old woman with no history of travel nor contact with a confirmed case. One is a repeat test of a traveller under quarantine who was initially negative but converted to positive on a repeat test. Four are contacts of confirmed cases with no symptoms and were detected during the enhanced contact tracing and testing”

The Greater Accra Region has most cases (189) followed by the Ashanti Region (12), Northern Region (10), Upper West Region (1), Eastern Region (1) and Upper East Region (1) with 5 recorded deaths