Coronavirus: Residents block Ghana Health Service from using schools as Isolation centres

Residents in the Central region are against the decision of Ghana Health Service to use schools as isolation centres for Coronavirus victims.

Starrfm.com.gh reports that it all started with Winneba when authorities took to the streets to kick against the use of Winneba Secondary School as isolation centre days after the region recorded its first case of the COVID-19.

It was followed by the staff of St. Augustine College and on Saturday residents of Brafoyaw – a suburb in Cape-Coast- have also kicked against the use of Aggrey Memorial Zion Secondary School for similar purposes as they fear the proximity could result in infections.

Residents of Brafoyaw massing up at the entrance of Aggrey Memorial to prevent officials from using the school as an isolation centre

The Central regional minister in the course of the week had hinted on using such places as isolation centres in the event residents contracts the virus especially when one person had already contracted the virus with 13 others being traced.

But residents have not taken the suggestion lightly and are resisting attempts to use the schools for such purposes.

On Saturday, residents massed up at the entrance of Aggrey Memorial to stop officials of GHS who attempt to use the school as an isolation centre.

Ghana has so far recorded 408 cases of the killer bug with eight deaths.

Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II in his Easter message address to the Brits gave them hope to believe that all these problems associated with Coronavirus shall also pass.