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Ghana’s Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that the country has confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19.
The two patients returned to Ghana from Norway and Turkey, according to a statement released by the ministry.
They are now being kept in isolation and their conditions are stable, said the statement.
The Ministry of Health said they have initiated processes for contact tracing.
“These are imported cases of COVID-19. Both patients are currently being kept in isolation and are stable,” a statement from the ministry said.
Ghana was the tenth country in sub-Saharan Africa to register at least one positive case of the virus.
