Covid-19: One of Two Runaway Patients Found

The covid-19 escapee who has been apprehended is the head porter.

Covid-19: One of Two Runaway Patients Found

One of the two persons who were on the ran after testing positive for Covid-19, has been found with the assistance of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly.

According to reports from Accra based Joy News, the covid-19 escapee who has been apprehended is the head porter (Kayayo).

The other person is yet to be found by contact tracers.

Per reports, the Kayayo shared a single room with 15 others including three children.

The two are said to have fled from their neighbourhood after they were informed of their test results on Monday, April 6, 2020.

 

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Elders of Old Fadama had said that they were not informed about the situation else they would have supported in whatever way they could.

With no evidence of travel history, it is unclear how these carriers got infected, pointing to a possible case of community transmission.

Contact tracers together with the police tried to convince suspected secondary contacts in the area, to volunteer for a test for the novel coronavirus.