Ghanaian officials have reported of two suspected cases of coronavirus at one of its topmost health facilities.
One Chinese national and an Argentine, according to health officials reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in the capital Accra on Wednesday.
The patients reported at the hospital with symptoms of the deadly virus and have now been isolated for further monitoring.
Blood samples have been taken from the patients for further tests at Ghana’s Noguchi Memorial institute for medical research.
Suspected case of CoronaVirus at Korle Bu Teaching hospital. Here’s what a health official at the hospital has shared. pic.twitter.com/FXWsGG4n3Q
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Ghana’s health ministry is yet to officially comment on this report though.
But an official of Ghana’s Medical Association, Dr Winifred Baah told a local new channel, Joy FM that the patients “all developed some symptoms that fit the case definition [but] it doesn’t mean they have the disease.”
So far no African country has recorded the virus although suspected cases have been reported in parts of Africa.
But a Cameroonian student studying in China has become the first African known to have contracted the deadly coronavirus.
The hundreds of African students caught in the Wuhan lockdown are demanding their evacuation from the city.
The spread of the virus however continues with China reporting another major spike in both confirmed cases and deaths.
The total number of confirmed cases in China stands at 20,438 as of Tuesday, including a 1-month-old baby in southwestern Guizhou province.
The death toll is now at 425 in China, an increase of around 65 from Sunday.
The World Health Organization has already declared Coronavirus a global emergency as outbreak continues to spread outside China.
Victims often suffer from respiratory illness and this new strain of coronavirus was not previously identified in humans.
Source: Africafeeds.com
