There is currently a moment of warm fuzzies at Busunu in the West Gonja Municipal Assembly after test results for Coronavirus involving a Busunu based 'Kayayei' returnee proved negative.
The welcoming test results from PAD FM sources at the Municipal Health Directorate relieved many people from the initial panic/anxiety neurosis.
An enthusiastic crowd of family and friends converged at the West Gonja Hospital where the patient was being quarantined to accompany her home.
The 18-year old woman recently returned from Kayayei business in Kumasi to Busunu,in the Savannah Region and had been put on isolation as a precaution after she exhibited "cough-like symptoms.
Her throat and nose swabs sample was taken to the Akomfo Anokye Teaching hospital in Kumasi for the necessary examination and the results turned out to be negative.
Speculations were rife that Busunu had recorded a case of the deadly COVID-19,with the suspect being a head porter who recently returned from Kumasi.
The necessary contacts were made by health personnel at the West Gonja Catholic Hospital and the suspect voluntarily offered to be quarantined at the facility for the necessary action.
The hospital has mounted a screening post at the entrance of the facility to test passengers on board public transport entering Damongo.
Hot on the heels of the novel COVID-19 pandemic,President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo announced a partial lockdown(shelter-in-place order) of Accra and Kumasi,the epicentres of the Coronavirus in Ghana effective today Monday,March 30,2020.
The declaration brought about a sudden spike in the number head porters(Kayayei) travelling from Accra and Kumasi to Northern Ghana following the lockdown declaration shouldn't be lost on you.
Ghana's case count as at March 30,2020,stands at 152 with five deaths and two reported recovery cases.
Globally,we've a total of 723,540 case counts with 33,998 deaths and 151,824 recovery cases.
Aside Accra and Kumasi the cynosure of the virus,the Upper West Region recently confirmed its first case of COVID-19,involving a 42-year old Ghanaian who visited UK and Spain and returned to Ghana through Egypt.
On 29th March,2020,at 10:30 hrs,Tamale in the Northern Region,recorded 10 cases involving Guinean residents who travelled through Burkina Faso and Togo to Ghana and were picked up and mandatorily quarantined in Tamale under the direction of the Regional Security Council.
It is recommended that we wash our hands with soap and running water for at least 20 seconds,especially after visiting the John,coughing, s It's neezing or blowing one's nose.The virus is killed by soap outside the human body as soap burst its protective bubble.
Also,the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol by volume where soap and running water are not available in a ready manner.
Worthy of acceptance is the suggestion by the WHO that we should avoid touching our eyes,mouth or nose with unwashed hands.Science would say it's impossible to stay a minute without touching your face,but we ought to give it a hard try.
As much as possible, stay at home and be safe.
Editorial note: In times of pandemic like this,all we need is research, not fear or panic.
Source: Ananpansah B Abraham (AB)
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