8 COVID-19 Cases Now Recorded At This Hospital, As Liberia Records Spike In Infections
PHOTO: Dr. Jefferson Sibley
By Emmanuel Mafelah, mafelahemmanuel29@gmail.com
GBARNGA, Liberia- Phebe hospital in Suakoko district, Bong County Medical Director Dr. Jefferson Sibley has tested positive for the Coronavirus, Bong County Surveillance Officer Emmanuel Dweah said on Wednesday evening, as the national infection rate in Liberia rises.
Dr. Sibly is one of the ten new confirmed Coronavirus cases recorded in the country in 24 hours,
From a total number of 652 confirmed cases reported by the National Public Health Institute on June 22, 2020, the number of new confirmed cases rose to 662 by June 23, 2020, with a total of 34 deaths.
Recently, Phebe Hospital, the key referral hospital in central Liberia, temporarily closed its Emergency Room to the public, after three nurses at the center contracted the virus.
Speaking to journalists on June 24, 2020 in Gbarnga, Bong County Surveillance Officer Emmanuel Dweah said that Dr. Sibley and additional seven health workers assigned at the Emergency Room who tested positive for coronavirus have now being placed in a Mini isolation room at the Phebe Hospital including other patients and are undergoing treatments.
He revealed that patients of the COVID-19 will later be taken to the official quarantine center in the County upon the completion of renovation works in the County.
Mr. also stated that several others persons are currently undergoing voluntary testing and their results will soon be reveal to the public.
Mr. Dweah also disclosed that the County has 98 contacts and health authorities are doing everything possible to trace the contacts of those who had interacted with the infected individuals.
“We want to again inform our people across the county that the Phebe Hospital is not closed as been speculated in the public, Phebe hospital Director of Communication Samuel Kplaiwru clarified.
Mr. Kplaiwru said that other units in the Hospital will also be disinfected due to the COVID-19 cases in the hospital.