The Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Salifu Saeed has debunked reports from a section of the media that the Guinean lady who escaped from quarantine after testing positive for covid-19 has been apprehended. 

According to Mr Saeed, the Regional Security Council had a tip-off that a lady with the symptoms of COVID-19 had been found at a village in the Kumbungu District.

He said based on the tip-off he quickly dispatched the Regional COVID -19 team to the village where they found the lady, who after interrogation was identified as not the Guinean quarantine escapee.

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Mr Saeed stated that, the lady who was found at the village is a Ghanaian hailing from Jirapa in the Upper West.

He said the Ghanaian lady has been brought to Tamale to be quarantined at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) and her blood samples taken for testing.

Mr Saeed issued a strong warning to whoever is hoarding the Guinean lady with the virus to release her immediately as he/she is putting the entire population in the metropolis at risk, apart from himself/herself.

He stated further that any person hoarding the lady if found out, would be dealt with by the law.