The University of Cape-Coast (UCC) has suspended temporarily all foreign trips by staff of the university.
The move is part of precautionary measures taken by the University to prevent its members from contracting the Covid-19 popularly known as Coronavirus that is obliterating Asia and parts of Europe.
The University in a statement has also suspended all international conferences to be hosted by the university until further notice.
Visits by Professors, foreign partners, collaborators and all incoming and outgoing exchange programmes have also been suspended.
The measures by the university come after the Ivory Coast on Wednesday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 45-year-old Ivorian man who had recently travelled to Italy, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Ivory Coast, Francophone West Africa’s largest economy, is the eighth country in sub-Saharan Africa to report a confirmed case after Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Togo, South Africa, Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The patient in Ivory Coast is in stable condition in hospital in the commercial capital Abidjan, the health ministry said in a statement.
President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday directed the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to make available the cedi equivalent of $100 million to enhance Ghana’s Coronavirus preparedness and response plan.
This amount, according to President Akufo-Addo, “is to fund the expansion of infrastructure, purchase of materials and equipment, and public education.”
Delivering an address to the nation on Wednesday, 11th March 2020, the President explained that, with the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the Coronavirus disease as “a pandemic”, it is important that Ghana steps up her preparedness to ensure that, beyond the initial measures that have been put in place, a ‘whole of Ghana’ approach is adopted in preparation for a possible hit within the country’s borders.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM