Seven more top officials at the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) have also tested positive for COVID-19 alongside the CEO of the authority, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby.
Among the seven are Deputy CEO of Finance and Investment, Francis Owusu; Deputy CEO in charge Human Resource and Administration, Yaa Pokuaa Baiden; and Deputy CEO Operations, Vivian Addo-Cobbiah.
It would be recalled that in April 2020, the NHIA donated GHC250,000 towards the COVID-19 Trust Fund when it was owing service providers millions of cedis.
The donation stoked controversy among the health fraternity and the public, some of whom described it as needless.
But the authority mounted a spirited defence saying it did not use monies meant for payment of health service providers for the donation.
Starr FM reported that shortly after the donation brouhaha, CEO of the NHIA, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, had her contract extended.
The Ministry of Health is reported to have thrown a party for Madam Dsane-Selby to mark her 60th birthday.
The party was attended by top officials at the NHIA and the Ministry of Health.
It is believed that the party served as a catalyst for the spread of the disease.
Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, who tested positive for the virus over the weekend, is suspected to have contracted the virus from the party.
Meanwhile, workers at the NHIA who have underlying health conditions have been directed to go home.
Notices have been posted around the NHIA building, barring visitors from entering the premises until further notice.
