COVID-19 kills Kwadaso SDA Hospital Medical Director

12:28 - 15 June 2020

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Dr Harry Boateng

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said the Medical Superintendent of the Kwadaso SDA Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti region who died over the weekend was a victim of <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/30-health-workers-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-ashanti-region/tb6gkr7">coronavirus</a> (COVID-19) pandemic.

Dr. Harry Owusu Boateng, a pediatrician reports stated tested positive for the virus.

Reports further said a team of contact tracers has been deployed to trace people who came into contact with the late physician.

However, Ghana's Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is on admission at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), receiving treatment for the coronavirus disease.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo confirmed in his 11th update on measures taken against COVID-19.

He said the 64-year-old minister, who was admitted last Tuesday, was in stable condition.

"Let us also wish our hardworking Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, MP for Dormaa Central, a speedy recovery from the virus, which he contracted in the line of duty and is in stable condition," he noted.