A suspected Coronavirus case has been detected at Paga in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region.
The suspected case was detected on Saturday, March 21, 2020, by health workers at the Nakolo Clinic. Health authorities at Paga are making efforts to find out more details about the situation.
The patient, it is gathered, came to the facility from one of the nearby villages close to the border on the side to Burkina Faso to seek health care.
According to the District Director of Health Service, Hypolite Yeleduor, who shared details with Vibeweek.com Senyalah Castro, the workers after admitting the patient observed symptoms similar to the disease and detained him for further observation.
Yeleduor said interaction with the patient revealed that he joined a gathering at a funeral home and later got sick, raising fears he might have been infected with the virus there.
He said authorities at the regional level have been informed about the case and samples would soon be picked for tests in Accra.
He added that some other samples have also been sent to the regional hospital for testing for other suspected conditions.
Yeleduor said: “Yesterday, workers at the Nakolo Clinic detected symptoms of the COVID-19 on a patient who had come in from one of the villages near the border towards Burkina Faso.
So seeing those symptoms, the nurses reported to their in- charge who went there today to ascertain the case”.
More details soon.
Source: Yen.com.gh
