Coronavirus: Blood samples of two suspected cases sent to Noguchi Memorial Institute for investigations

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Blood samples of two foreign nationals have been sent to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research after having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days have been isolated at the facility.

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The two gentlemen reportedly walked into Korle Bu after they were referred to the place from a clinic.

The Greater Accra Divisional Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr William Baah, confirming this to Joy News said the Chinese national left his home country for Ghana sometime in September 2019, while the Argentine, who recently was in Shanghai joined him in Ghana in January this year.

“They’ve all developed some symptoms that fit the case definition [but] it doesn’t mean they have the disease,” he stated.

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He said another round of testing is expected to be conducted on the two nationals today, Thursday, 6 February 2020.

At least 427 people have died with more than 20,000 confirmed cases around the world, most of them in China.

More than two dozen nations have reported cases but, so far, no confirmations have been made across Africa or Latin America.