According to some reports spotted by Ghanawish.com from some media platforms has it that Ghana’s isolation centers both at Tema and Ridge Hospitals have hit their maximum accommodating capacities with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) at the moment being unable to admit new potential covid-19 patients.
Our source confirms that there are no new places at the moment to keep possible covid-19 patients and that brings us to the discussion for a possible lockdown in the days ahead.
As at the morning of 27th March 2020, a total of fifty-seven (57) cases including three (3) deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems. All the three (3) cases that unfortunately succumbed to the disease were aged and had underlying chronic medical conditions. All the other fifty-four (54) cases are well; fourteen (14) are being managed at home and the rest are responding well to treatment on admission in isolation. They are awaiting their test results and will be discharged when the results are negative.
Majority of the confirmed cases are Ghanaians, who returned home from affected countries. Seven (7) are of other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (UK).
The number of confirmed cases among travelers under mandatory quarantine who have been tested is seventy-eight (78).In respect of contact tracing, a total of 1,006 contacts have been identified and are being tracked. Out of these, two hundred and four (204) have completed the 14 days mandatory follow up.
