Family of dead coronavirus patient at Walewale agrees to self-quarantine

Family members of a 19-year-old man who died after testing positive for Coronavirus in Walewale in the North East Region have now agreed to go on self-quarantine as advised by health authorities in the area.

Health experts gave that advice after identifying some of the family members as having been exposed to the deceased prior to his death.

But these persons refused to adhere to the advice as they rejected the test result conducted by the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) that proved their son positive for the deadly virus.

Describing the test results as “fake” the family refused to cooperate with contact tracing efforts by health authorities in the region.

However, the family has now accepted to self-quarantine only after the Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area urged them to do so to avoid endangering the rest of Walewale residents.

But the family members remain resolute in their stance that their relative died from asthma and not COVID-19 as has been announced by health officials.

Ghana’s case count of the coronavirus has reached 566 from a 408 recorded over the past 24 hours.

At least 140 cases have been added from the 37,954 persons tested as of April 11, 2020, 23:00 Hrs.



The breakdown of the 566 positive cases are as follows: four (4) have been treated, discharged and tested negative, 552 cases have been categorised as mild disease on treatment, two (2) moderate to severe cases, none currently on ventilators and eight (8) have died.

Of the 566 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 292 were reported from the routine surveillance, 159 from enhanced surveillance activities and 115 from travellers under mandatory quarantine in both Accra and Tamale.

Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Western, Volta, Northern, North East, Upper East, and Upper West.

Over the past thirteen (13) days (since the introduction of the enhanced surveillance), a number of measures have been introduced to control and prevent further spread of COVID-19 in Ghana.

Among these include restrictive movement in the hotspots of the outbreak, intensive contact tracing and laboratory testing, social distancing, and intensive public education. These measures have resulted in a sudden increase in case detection, with high number of cases being reported.