Simon Okafor Chukudi experienced relocated to from his house to his buddies someplace all over Wa Polytechnic.
The Covid-19 provider who escaped mandatory quarantine in the Upper West Area, has been arrested.
The 46-12 months-aged Nigerian, Okafor Chikodi, fled right after medical doctors in the area questioned him to self-isolate when he tested good for the virus.
This provides to a few, the variety of people who have escaped underneath comparable circumstance.
Upper West Region Correspondent described on Joy FM‘s Major Tale that Mr Chikodi is at this time staying held at the Burns Device of the Upper West Regional Hospital, which has been converted into an isolation centre.
The Regional Commander of the Ghana Law enforcement Provider, DCOP Francais Aboagye Nyarko told JoyNews messages were sent across a variety of teams about the incident.
He discussed that a subsequent tipoff by an informant led to the arrest of Okafor Chikodi.
“Yesterday around 10pm, an informant named me and mentioned he will assist us identify him. Therefore early morning the informant did a quite great task and he definitely assisted the law enforcement to identify the affected person,” he explained to Rafiq Salam on Friday.
DCOP Aboagye Nyarko even further exposed that the individual experienced relocated from his household to his close friends someplace all-around Wa Polytechnic.
7 other people, who had occur into make contact with with him although on the operate have also been introduced in by the Regional Health Directorate for observation and attainable testing.
The Upper West Regional Wellbeing Directorate Dr Osei Kuffour Afreh was reliefs by the hottest progress.
He, on the other hand, highlighted the need to have for ample bodily area to aid the treatment of equally suspected and confirmed circumstance in the location.
“We are applying a single of our key wards for this goal and that ward carries not extra than 10 beds. So we have some men and women who are suspected scenarios which we are waiting for their examination outcomes. We also have some verified instances about there. So just as persons are suspected and we never want them to go again home, it is also depleting our place,” he reported.
In accordance to Dr Afreh the clinic could be overstretched without the need of the wanted place if the variety of conditions are to see an boost.
