Open AccessSociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the first cohort of COVID-19 recoveries at two national treatment centres in Accra, Ghana
Author(s) -
Christian Owoo,
Joseph OliverCommey,
Benedict CalysTagoe,
Ebenezer OduroMensah,
Lawrence Ofori-Boadu,
Evelyn Adjei-Mensah,
Ernest Kenu,
Ali Samba,
Alfred Edwin Yawson,
Margaret Lartey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ghana medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-163X
pISSN - 0016-9560
DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.4
Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , asymptomatic , cohort , pediatrics , pandemic , cohort study , disease , covid-19 , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 is a new disease, knowledge on the mode of transmission and clinical features are still evolving, new tests are being developed with inherent challenges regarding interpretation of tests results. There is generally, a gap in knowledge on the virus globally as the pandemic evolves and in Ghana, there is dearth of information and documentation on the clinical characteristics of the virus. With these in mind, we set out to profile the initial cohort of COVID-19 patients who recovered in Ghana.