Report from Upper West Region indicates that a 46-year-old man COVID-19 patient has bolted from a treatment centre.
Simon Okafor Chukudi a Nigerian national under surveillance at his residence by
Ghana Health Service awaiting result from his COVID-19 test
Which came positive last Monday has bolted after testing positive.
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Dr. Osei Kuffuor Afreh Upper West Regional Director of Health Services in a report by Citi News confirmed the news about Okafor’s status to him the same day, health officials followed up to his residence at Wapaani, a suburb of Wa to transport him to the isolation center at the Upper West Regional Hospital but he was nowhere to be found.
He Said;
“He was among the six new cases we recorded recently. Unfortunately for us, when we went to send him to the isolation center, he could not be traced,”
A public notices have been alerted to help trace the whereabouts of Mr. Okafor back to the treatment center;
Especially residents of Wa.
A search team has been deployed to help apprehend Simon Okafor.
Resident at Dobile in Wa in a said interview expressed fear and displeasure about the incident.
“How can we be safe? This incident happened since Monday but they kept the information from us. What is the guarantee that the man has not infected innocent people in the region?”
