Contact tracing begins after Goldfields Ghana staff, wife test positive for COVID-19

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Health authorities in the Tarkwa Municipality of the Western region have intensified contact tracing efforts, after a staff with Goldfields Ghana and his wife, tested positive for COVID-19. 

In a statement sighted by Dailymailgh.com, the company said it received the test results from the Noguchi Memorial Institute on Monday, May 3, 2020.

The patient, who is a worker of one of the mining contractors, and his spouse have been isolated and are receiving treatment.

The couple are in stable condition, the statement said.

By Jonathan Ofori, Daily Mail GH

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