The Northern regional health Directorate has revealed that, nine of the foreigners in Tamale who tested positive for COVID 19 has now tested negative after treatment. Three of them still remain positive of the virus.
Addressing the media in Tamale, the Northern regional health Director, Dr. John Eleeza noted that, samples of the patients were sent for testing to know their status after placing them on treatment. Second samples have been sent again for testing pending results.
Meanwhile, efforts by the regional COVID 19 team to relocate the six who have now tested positive proved futile as they have refused to be moved out of the current quarantine facility. Security however is still on a search for one of the patients (a lady) who escaped from quarantine.
On contact tracing regarding the escapee, Dr. Eleeza said could not be made since one cannot tell the direction she went. “We don’t know the direction where the lady went, therefore we can’t do any contact tracing” Dr. Eleeza said. As of Wednesday, April 15, 2020, the Northern region had a total of 274 suspected cases out of which the 10 cases were recorded.
72 contacts have been traced so far, 9 pending results including the second samples of the foreigners. Since March, 29, 2020 when 8 Guineans and 2 Burkinabes tested positive for COVID 19 in Tamale, the Northern region has not recorded any new case again as of the time of writing this story. The region currently have 10 positive cases with one at large.
Source: Ghana/Tamale/zaaradio.com/99.3fm/Jonas Biawurbi
