Coronavirus: ‘Please come for us’ – Ghanaian students in Wuhan cry

Ghanaian students in Coronavirus hit-Wuhan in China have sounded the alarm bells appealing to the Ghanaian government to immediately evacuate them.

According to one of the students Philip Arthur, the whole of Wuhan is on lock down and  “nothing moves in or out”.

Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday, the worried student said money is of no use to them now because you cannot find someone to go out and buy you food even if you have the money.

“All that we need now is evacuation. We want the government to help us move out of the country. Nothing moves nothing comes in. We need evacuation. The students are going through trauma emotionally.

“Most East African countries have left, their governments have come for them so when will ours come for us. We are not safe. The surgical masks that we have, within three to four hours you need to change and must of the students, their food is finished. The problem is who is going get us the food from where even if you have money,” he lamented.

Coronavirus

Studies have pointed to bats or snakes as the origin of the Novel Corona Virus Infection (nCoV) based on the genetic analysis of the virus – bats being the native host and snakes being the most logical intermediate host.

Both rats and snakes are sold at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, believed to be the origin of the outbreak

WHO says it is working closely with global experts, governments and partners to rapidly expand scientific knowledge on the new virus to track the spread and virulence of the virus, and to provide advice to countries and individuals on measures to protect health and prevent the spread of this outbreak.