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10 KATH staff test negative for coronavirus

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has disclosed that 10 of its staff who were exposed to a coronavirus patient have all tested negative.

Samples from the 10 made up of one doctor, seven nurses and two mortuary attendants were taken yesterday and tested at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KRCC).

The results came out negative, the management of KATH also entreated its staff to use available protective gear to ensure they do not contract the virus.

Ghana has recorded some 9 new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 pandemic as at Tuesday, March 31, 2020, bringing the numbers to a total of 161.

This figure, according to the Ghana Health Service, includes some 31 new recoveries and 5 deaths.

Per the details, all 9 cases were reported from Accra, “three (3) of them travelled to Ghana within the past 14 days from Germany, France and Hungary respectively but for six (6) of them there is no history of travel outside.”

Source: primenewsghana.com

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