Police Officer Tests Positive For COVID-19 After Detaining Suspect
Report coming in is that a police officer at Adenta in Accra in the Greater Accra region has tested positive for COVID-19.The officer(name withheld) reportedly contracted the virus after a suspect who defied the lockdown directive was kept in custody at the Adenta Police cells.A report sighted on Starrfm.com.gh indicates that the suspect, who was apparently positive of the virus, was detained for a longer period at the Adenta police cells after a court hearing.The continuous detainment of the suspect was because the Prisons service was not accepting new inmates as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The police officer has been asked to self-quarantine.Call our Editor on 0209391902 or click here and inform us via Whatsapp. You could equally email your stories or articles to [email protected] and we’ll surely put them online