COVID-19

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN GHANA RISES TO ELEVEN (11)

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6 years ago

March 19, 2020

On 19 March 2020, we received notification from KCCR indicating two (2) newly confirmed cases in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

The first is a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident in the United Kingdom who recently returned to Ghana and currently living in Kumasi, reported to a private hospital with a history of fever (temp of 39.1oC), general malaise, cough and runny nose. Her condition was suspected to be COVID-19. The sample was subsequently collected and sent to KCCR and the report was received this early morning as positive for COVID-19.

The second case is a 61-year-old Lebanese male trader and resident in Kumasi. He felt unwell and reported to a health facility with fever (temp 39.4oC), and cough. The sample tested positive for COVID-19.

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Both patients are being managed in isolation and responding to treatment.

So far, the confirmed cases in Ghana are from Turkey, Norway, Germany, France, the United States of America, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

With regards to contact tracing, a total of 399 contacts have been identified and are being followed up. Nineteen (19) of the contacts developed some forms of symptoms and samples were taken for laboratory testing.

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We have received laboratory results for 15 of them which are all negative for COVID-19 and we are awaiting results for the four (4) others. Contact identification and tracking for the newly confirmed cases have just started.

SOURCE: GHANA HEALTH SERVICE

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ICU NURSES AND DOCTORS AT KATH ASKED TO SELF-QUARANTINE AFTER EXPOSURE TO COVID-19

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6 years ago

June 16, 2020

Jude Arko

According to an internal memo from the Directorate of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), it has been revealed that most of the nurses and doctors at the Intensive Care Unit have been exposed to the virus. This was because of a Polytrauma patient on admission at the unit who tested positive for the virus. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame] Due to this, the affected nurses and doctors have been asked to self-quarantine for 14days. The unit also will also not run full capacity for the next 14 days. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame]

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168 NURSES AND MIDWIVES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AS OF JUNE 3RD, 2020.

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6 years ago

June 15, 2020

Jude Arko

As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 increases, more nurses and midwives are getting infected each day. According to the secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mr. David Tenkorang-Twum, as of June 3^rd, about 168 nurses and midwives have been infected with the virus. These are nurses in both public and private medical facilities across the country. He made this known on Joy FM. This number could increase since more are yet to be tested. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame] Mr. David Tenkorang-Twum made an argument that people are reporting to hospitals with the disease either symptomatic or asymptomatic and because there is no on-the-spot diagnosis, they are admitted onto the ward as an ordinary case and before you realize they have tested positive. “The figures keep rising and we are not surprised because they [authorities] are not listening to us. But, until we change the narrative or the way we manage the patients, we are going to have a lot of nurses, doctors, and other supporting staff getting infected,” he said. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame] He also appealed that nurses and midwives who are pregnant should be allowed to stay away from work since they are susceptible. Ghana currently has 11,964 confirmed cases with 4258 recoveries and 54 deaths. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame]

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GHANA COVID-19 CASES NOW AT 287 WITH 73 NEW CASES

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6 years ago

April 7, 2020

Jude Arko

Ghana now has 73 new confirmed cases making a total of 287. According to the Ghana Health Service, the spike in number of confirmed cases was due to enhanced contact tracing and testing that was carried out. 26 of the cases were also from the mandatory quarantine who initially tested negative. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame] With the total confirmed cases now at 287, there has been 3 recoveries and 5 deaths. The regional distribution of the cases are as follows: Greater Accra Region has most cases (258) followed by the Ashanti Region (18), Northern Region (10), Upper West Region (1), Eastern Region (1) and Upper East Region (1). Globally, there are about 1,346,299 confirmed cases, 74,679 deaths and 276,636 recoveries. [appbox googleplay screenshots com.nursinginghana.licensurequizgame]

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