An associate professor at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Richmond Aryeetey, is calling for robust testing across all schools in Ghana to ascertain the level of spread of the coronavirus.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that 135 students and staff of the Achimota School have tested positive for the COVID-19 after screening 550 students and staff.
Two regions, Greater Accra Region and the Eastern Region have recorded 48 active cases with one school recording 46 cases.
According to Prof Aryeetey, Ghana should get ahead of the curve otherwise it will witness a recurrence of what the country experienced last year in December and January.
"What kind of active surveillance is in place if we have started detecting? If we have started seeing these in schools, what is the plan in terms of active case searching? I didn't see any plan to do robust testing in schools," he stated to host of the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Alfred Ocansey.
He said it would be a mistake if the country considers cases as only prevalent in the Achimota School.