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Ghana: Quarantined soldiers are Ebola-free – GAF

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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed negative, the status of two

soldiers quarantined at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra suspected

to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus from a peacekeeping mission

in Mali.

"I have just spoken to the Hospital authorities this morning and they

have confirmed that tests carried out on both soldiers returned

negative for the Ebola virus", Lieutenant Colonel Eric Aggrey-Quashie,

Director of the Public Relations Directorate of the GAF told the Ghana

News Agency, Friday in Accra.

The two unnamed soldiers, quarantined since Tuesday as a result of an

unknown ailment, after returning from a United Nations peacekeeping

mission in Mali, caused a scare at the Hospital, with patients and

medical staff expressing unease on the status of the two, who are

reported to have been admitted at a hospital in Mali that catered to

Ebola victims.

Hospital authorities were tightlipped yesterday, preferring to observe

established protocols for divulging information on such issues.

The blood samples of the two soldiers who were put in isolation at the

Bandoh Ward A had their blood samples tested at the Noguchi Memorial

Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) yesterday.

"There is no cause for alarm…the soldiers are not Ebola positive",

said Lt. Col. Aggrey Quashie.

"The hospital was following strictly the Military High Command's

position of ensuring that soldiers returning from duties outside the

country are disease-free."

GNA Reports

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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