Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo today announced a single worker infected 533 colleagues with Covid-19 at a fish-processing factory in Ghana's Atlantic seafront city of Tema.
No details of safety measures at the facility, or how the virus spread was announced, according to Reuters.
"All 533 persons were infected by one person," President Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast.
There are now 4700 cases in the West African nation, the highest recorded total in Africa.
Cases spiked early May after lockdown restrictions in the nation were lifted, according to Associated Press.
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There are now more than four million cases of Covid-19 worldwide with nearly 300,000 deaths.
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