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President Akufo-Addo is set to resume work on Monday, July 20, after self-isolating for two weeks as someone close to the President tested positive to the new coronavirus.

The Information Minister, Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a press briefing on Sunday at the conference room of the Ministry of Information told journalists that the President is doing well and preparing to get back to work.

Two weeks ago, Akufo-Addo President announced to the general public that he is going self-isolation after “at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19.”

Hon. Oppong Nkrumah in a statement said that the self-isolation the President went through was based on the advice of his doctors so, from July 4, 2020, the president took a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with Covid-19 protocols.

Without mentioning the name of the President’s inner circle who has tested positive, the Minister however pointed out that the president himself has tested negative as of July 4 since that day the news broke that someone close to him has tested positive.

That negative test notwithstanding, the Minister said, the president “elected to take this measure out of the abundance of caution,” he said.

Last Sunday, the presidency released a Facebook Livestream of the president interacting with some members of the New Patriotic Party via Zoom.

During his weekly update, Mr Oppong Nkrumah announced that “president Akufo-Addo is ‘hale and hearty as he continues to work from the Presidential Villa.”

Cabinet met for the 80th time via Zoom on Tuesday with the president in isolation.

“The president is expected to resume home engagement from tomorrow [Monday] after a 14-day precautionary self-isolation period,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah said announcing his resumption to duty from Monday.

“The president has during the period been working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House.

“He is expected to from Monday, attend to business from his office at the Jubilee House. Additionally, he will attend to some engagement outside Accra during the week,” he said.