COVID-19: 37 staff of Tamale Teaching hospital in isolation (Updated)

Thirty-seven medical and hospital staff including doctors and nurses of the Dialysis Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), have proceeded on isolation.

They are suspected to have been in contact with a Burkinabe national who tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease in Tamale.

The acting Public Relations Officer of the TTH, Mr Misboa Mohammed told the Daily Graphic when contacted on the issue that the Burkinabe national who was accompanied by a compatriot had come to the unit for dialysis treatment and were among the 10 West African nationals who tested positive for the virus in Tamale.

Staff of the facility who were off duty on the day the Burkinabe reportedly visited the hospital in the company of a compatriot to have dialysis, have since been called in to normalize the situation.