A medical team is embarking on contact tracing after a Covid-19 escapee from a treatment Center in Accra was found lurking in Birim North District of the Eastern Region.
The escapee spent days in the community before his whereabouts were established, little over a week ago.
The Covid-19 patient visited the New Abirim Government Hospital as a hypertensive patient and went for reviews subsequently at the blind side of the health workers.
The escapee was finally recaptured by health officials and was immediately transferred to Isolation and treatment Center at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua.
Contact tracers were immediately deployed to the community used information van to announce to persons who had contact with the escapee to show up for samples to be taken for testing
Through the exigent support by the Chief in the community, many samples have since been taken and sent to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research for testing while the contact tracing exercise continues.
The affected persons have been asked to self-isolate until the results are released creating anxiety in the community.
Health workers who had contact with the escapee have also been quarantined while awaiting for sample test results.
The Birim North District Health Director, Thomas Azarugo, said, health Directorate is awaiting results of samples sent for testing to inform the next line of action.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah