The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra has recorded two suspected cases
of coronavirus infections. Two foreign nationals who reported to the
facility on Wednesday are said to have shown symptoms of the deadly
coronavirus.
This was revealed by the Greater Accra Divisional
Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Winifred Baah. He said
the patients are a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living
together in Ghana for some days.
The Coronavirus is most severe
in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province. The Coronavirus is most severe
in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province.
They have since been
isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent to the
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), for further
analysis.
The Chinese is said to have left his country to Ghana
in September, while the Argentine also spent some time in Shanghai back
in September 2019 before moving to Ghana in January.
“They’ve all developed some symptoms that fit the case definition [but] it doesn’t mean they have the disease,” Dr Baah noted.
This comes after the coronavirus was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
China
has been hit very hard by the coronavirus, with at least 427 people
killed and 20,000 more infected globally. The coronavirus is most severe
in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, where many have been infected.
Ghanaians in China have also called for immediate evacuation in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Meanwhile, the Ghana government has allocated GHC25 million ($456,204.38) to respond to the coronavirus outbreak globally.
The
Ghanaian government through its Embassy in China, has given out 50,000
RMB (estimated to be around GHC 39,500.05), to the China Chapter of the
National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS-China) to help the affected
students especially those in the virus-stricken city of Wuhan in Hubei
province to buy food and medical supplies.