Ghana is currently investigating a suspected case of Ebola.
This was confirmed by the Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sakordie.
The suspected Ebola patient, who is a Nigerian, sought medical attention at the Achimota hospital in Accra on Sunday, after battling fever for a while.
Ghana has so far, investigated 37 suspected Ebola cases which all came out negative.
[contextly_sidebar id=”b8iAtutYty4mrMzaYAnILE968Wsmhglv”]Dr. Badu Sakordie said they are closely monitoring the current situation.
“We are just getting it like you are doing so we are yet to follow up so I don’t have too many details to come out. Let’s investigate”, he added.
Responding to a question as to whether blood samples of the patient had been sent to the Noguchi Memorial institute for further tests, he said:”they take a sample but then this one we just had the information,… they haven’t given us a report, these things we can’t preempt, lets do the proper investigation and come out.”
Meanwhile Citi News has gathered that doctors and nurses at the Achimota hospital in Accra have abandoned the facility following the suspected Ebola case.
The hospital has currently isolated the patient because he is showing initial symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus.
By: Rabiu Alhassan/citifmonline.com/Ghana