Nana Addo and family tested negative for coronavirus; all frontline personnel being tested

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his wife tested negative for coronavirus, the family's physician Dr. Patrina Techi-Ankrah has said.

She said the president's staff have also been tested. All the results are negative.

"A day before the president's birthday, him, the first lady, his daughters and all the staff of his household and I am happy to announce that all the tests came negative.

"A day after his birthday, we continued to test people at the secretaries and as I speak now, a total of 99 persons have been tested and the results have come back negative," Dr. Techi-Ankrah added.

Earlier, a social media commentator, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, suggested that the president and the senior minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, have tested positive for coronavirus.

He made this claim on his Facebook live programme dubbed 'With All Due Respect'.

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