The impact of COVID-19 on confidentiality – Ghana Same as the South African Scenario

The impact of COVID-19 on confidentiality – Ghana Same as the South African Scenario

  • A healthcare practitioner receives the results of her patient’s COVID-19 test which is positive.

–What is the healthcare practitioner required to do in terms of the Ghanaian Imposition of Restrictions (Coronavirus
Disease (Covid-19) Pandemic) Instrument?

–In Ghana, is the healthcare practitioner obliged to report the test results to anyone? If so, who?

–In Ghana, what safeguards exist to ensure that the patient’s test results are kept confidential and are not disclosed to the general public?