Korle Bu Restricts Visits To Patients Over Coronavirus

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has restricted visits to patients at its facility due to fear of the spread of the coronavirus.

In a statement signed by its Head of Public Relations, Mustapha Salifu, the Hospital noted only two relatives are allowed to visit a patient on admission.

“In the case of the Department of Child Health only parents/guardians of the patient are permitted to visit,” the statement said.

It explained that the measure has become necessary because patients are already vulnerable and can therefore easily be infected.

Background

In an emergency press briefing by the Information Ministry on Thursday night, March 12, 2020, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu announced that Ghana had confirmed two cases of the novel coronavirus.

The two cases according to the Minister, tested positive after laboratory tests from the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research.

The cases were reported as ‘imported cases’ as both individuals returned to Ghana from Norway and Turkey.

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, a day after the reports of the first cases confirmed that the two patients who tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana include a Ghanaian.

He said the patients arrived in Ghana about a week ago from Turkey and Norway.

“One of the two people who tested positive for coronavirus came from Norway, the other came from Turkey. One is a foreigner, the other is a Ghanaian based abroad who returned to the country,” he said.

GHS educates public

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on their part to sensitize the public has released information on safety measures Ghanaians can practice to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The information was recorded in five different languages. The aim of the exercise, according to GHS, is to reach all Ghanaians of different dialects.