Coronavirus: Weija Gbawe Hospital Quarantines Suspected Victim
The Deputy Director of Nursing Services at the hospital says the suspect is yet to be tested for Covid-19 as preparations are being made
Jonas Danquah 
The Weija-Gbawe Municipal Hospital (Annex) has quarantined a patient feared to have contracted the coronavirus disease on Monday, March 16.
The suspected victim is a 38-year old, United Kingdom (UK) based, Ghanaian lady.
The victim returned to the country from the United Kingdom (UK) on March 6, but reported to the hospital this Monday March 16, 2020 and complained of having difficulties in breathing, experiencing sore throat among other ailments suspected to be symptoms of COVID-19.
The Deputy Director of Nursing Services at the hospital, Madam Cynthia Lamptey, disclosed this to Journalists on Monday, March 16, 2020 when the Parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Cleland Ayaa Ayison, went to the hospital to donate hand sanitizers and tissues.
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Madam Cynthia Lamptey asserted that, the hospital is yet to test the suspected victim for Covid-19 as they do not have the means to do so. However, preparation are being made to have the suspect tested as soon as possible.
“She reported this morning and per the signs and symptoms exhibited, we quarantined her. We haven’t tested her, at our level we can’t test her, we are supposed to call our district, we just called our district director, we are waiting for the director, and she said she is coming.
"After that we’ll make arrangements for Noghuchi. We are also making arrangements for proper quarantine. She is a Ghanaian. She reported this morning with sore throat, with a fever of about a 40 degree celcious, she is caughing and feeling cold.
"She arrived from UK on the 6th of March,” she stated.
The victim has thus been quarantined since morning awaiting further directives and transfer to the Noghuchi Memoral Research Centre for further test.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed four new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country.
This was disclosed by the GHS in a news briefing on the outbreak at the Information Ministry on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
This brings the total tally of confirmed coronavirus cases (COVID-19) in the country to six.
