New Covid-19 variant travels 50-70 times speedier than old just one – GHS

The Ghana Wellbeing Service (GHS) has discovered that the new Covid-19 variant spreads more quickly than the previous 1.

This was disclosed by the Director of Well being Promotion at the Ghana Overall health Assistance (GHS), Dr. Dacosta Aboagye.

He claimed the new pressure of the virus is transmitted concerning fifty to seventy (50-70) periods faster.

According to him, Ghana has recorded conditions of two diverse strains of the virus. A single from the United Kingdom and yet another from South Africa.

“Both variants spread very fast and I am wondering they have the identical signs as the 1st version of the virus. But, the only big difference is that the transmission is incredibly rapid. The new variants vacation in between 50-70 periods speedier than the ordinary kinds we know of”.

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He mentioned that the unique strains have been imported into the state via the Kotoka Global Airport (KIA) but these individuals ended up set beneath isolation.

“We all know that with the reopening of our borders, we demanded everyone coming into the nation to arrive together with a PCR take a look at from their region of origin, and on their arrival to Ghana, they undergo the antigen take a look at and asked to self isolate.

“However, we lately adjusted our plan a bit and insisted that anybody who examined beneficial for COVID-19 will be housed in our amenities for a 2nd test”.

Dr. Dacosta observed that for the second examination, the good cases had been place by genetic sequencing and that was when “we recognized they have been contaminated with the new variants from the Uk and South Africa”.

The Director of Well being Promotion at the GHS certain the populace the optimistic circumstances of the new variants are receiving remedy in isolation and treatment method centers below the Ghana Wellbeing Assistance.