Two foreign nationals, a Chinese and an Argentinian are suspected to have shown symptoms of coronavirus at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on February, 5 2020.
It was gathered that an Argentine and a Chinese national were referred to Korle-Bu Teaching hospital under the directive of a private hospital in Accra.
The two foreign nationals are currently going through a series of medical test at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR).
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The Greater Accra Divisional Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr William Baah who confirmed this told to newsmen disclosed that the two patients moved to Ghana on different dates.
The Chinese left the home country for Ghana sometime in September 2019, while, the Argentine, who was in Shanghai, joined the Chinese in Ghana in January.
He however added that;
They’ve all developed some symptoms that fit the case definition [but] it doesn’t mean they have the disease.
Baah stated another round of testing is expected to be conducted on the two nationals on February 6 2020 to be certain the patients do not have the virus.
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At least 427 people have died with more than 20,000 confirmed cases around the world, most of them in China.
More than two dozen nations have reported cases but, so far, no confirmations have been made across Africa or Latin America.
Last week Tuesday, three more Asian countries – Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand – confirmed infections among citizens who had not traveled to China.
Coronaviruses are spread through air droplets expelled when an infected individual coughs or sneezes within a range of about 3 feet.
Health professionals across the world are working around the clock to find a cure for the disease.
