Confirmed information reaching The BBC Ghana via Citi Fm has it that, Oheneba Owusu-Danso, CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has contracted COVID-19.
The Hospital is yet to officially confirm, but a source at the facility is said to have confirmed that he’s responding to treatment.
Mr. Owusu-Danso has been widely praised for his commitment to fighting COVID-19 in the Ashanti region.
He led the setting up of a COVID-19 testing laboratory in a bid to aid in the operations of existing ones.
Meanwhile, more than 200 health workers at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital who tested positive for COVID-19 have all recovered.
On records, Ghana’s confirmed COVID-19 case currently count stands at 45,012, but the number of active cases is 831. Recoveries and discharged persons are 43,898 while 283 have died, the Ghana Health Service said.
Source: TheBBCghana.Cm