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Italy-based Duncan: Coronavirus could be devastating in Ghana

Ghana international Alfred Duncan is dreading a possible escalation of coronavirus cases in Ghana.

The novel disease, also known as Covid-19, has so far infected 566 persons, killing eight in the West African nation.

The situation is starkly different from Italy where he plays club football for Fiorentina. A total of 20,465 deaths have been recorded while 159,596 persons, including three of the midfielder's team-mates, have been infected.

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"Knowing that [Dusan] Vlahovic, [German] Pezzella and [Patrick] Cutrone were positive made me afraid," Duncan told Il Corriere Fiorentino.