A new variant of the novel coronavirus has been detected within the country.
This was disclosed by President Akufo-Addo during his 22nd national update on the fight against the pandemic in Ghana.
“Recent genomic sequencing undertaken by our scientists have established that some arriving passengers tested positive for new variants of Covid-19,” he said.
A myriad of strains have, over the past few weeks, been detected case in many countries triggering concerns about the propensity if the newly developed vaccines to aid in the combatting the impact of the pandemic.