Breaking: President Akufo-Addo in self-isolation for two weeks after close associate test positive

President Akufo-Addo has elected to go into self isolation after “at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19 today,” according to a statement from the Information Ministry.

The statement, signed by information minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said: “One the advise of doctors, the President of the Republic of Ghana, is from today, July 4, 2020, taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with Covid-19 protocols.”

The statement did not name the member of the president’s inner circle who has tested positive. It. however, pointed out that the president himself has tested negative “as at today”. That negative test notwithstanding, the statement said, the president “elected to take this measure out of the abundance of caution.”

The statement added: “The President during this precautionary self-isolation period, be working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House.”