2 Covid-19 Patients on the Run at Old Fadama
contact tracers have been unable to reach the patients, since their covid-19 status confirmation
Jonas Danquah 
Two persons who have been tested positive for covid-19 are on the run at Old Fadama, a suburb of Accra.
Contact tracers have been unable to reach these individuals, three days after confirmation of their covid-19 status.
Contact tracers reportedly encountered difficulties convincing the patients to comply with isolation protocols. The patients have since fled the neighbourhood from the time when their test results came in on Monday, April 6, 2020.
“It was really difficult getting them so they called in security to help but since then, these persons have been away from the community. Each time they call, they either ignore or pick up and say they are far away from the area,” according to reports from Joy FM,
The number of Covid-19 cases in Ghana stand at 313 with six deaths recorded so far since the onset of the pandemic. The recent increase in the figures according to authorities, is as a result of enhanced testing following the announcement of a lockdown in Accra, Kasoa, Tema and Kumasi.
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Per reports, one of the two new covid-19 carriers is a female head porter, popularly known as ‘Kayayo’ who shared a single room with 15 others including three children.
“That has been a challenge for the contact tracers and the security team on the ground.”
With no evidence of travel history, it is unclear how these carriers got infected, pointing to a possible case of community transmission.
Contact tracers are on the ground liaising with the police to convince suspected secondary contacts in the area to volunteer for a test for the novel coronavirus.
In March, one of the Guineans who tested positive for Covid-19 in Tamale escaped.
The recent development puts the number of covid-19 carriers who are on the run at three (3).
In March, one of the Guineans who tested positive for Covid-19 in Tamale escaped from isolation.
The young lady, who authorities say is in her early 20s allegedly scaled the wall at the back of the hotel where she and nine others were being held in mandatory quarantined.
