Ghana’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has advised patients seeking medical care to desist from withholding relevant information from doctors and nurses in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Minister asserted that a refusal to divulge certain relevant information in the process of seeking medical care could put health workers at risk of contracting COVID-19.

Mr. Nkrumah cited a situation where about 15 health workers had been put under self- isolation after a patient refused to offer relevant details.

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“We had recorded incidents where persons who eventually test positive, initially withhold relevant information from doctors and nurses. Take note; it puts our health workers at unnecessary risk. We have instances where about 15 or 16 workers have to be put in self-isolation.”

“What that means is that they are first of all at risk and secondly you are reducing the number of health workers that we have to attend to so please you have no reason or basis to withhold relevant information,” he pleaded.

As of Sunday, March 29, 2020, the total number of confirmed covid-19 cases in Ghana stood  at 152.

The case count increased from 141 to 152 after the country recorded 11 new cases on Sunday (March 29, 2020).

The recent development was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) via its official website for COVID-19 updates.