Some residents sharing a wall with the hotel where the eight Guinean ladies who tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) are being quarantined in Tamale have called for their evacuation from the area to an infectious disease treatment centre established at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH).

According to the residents, it has been three weeks since the eight Guinean ladies were quarantined in the hotel, situated in the residential area, thereby putting the lives of those living close to the hotel at risk.

They added that the Guinean ladies have exceeded the 14 days mandatory quarantine after testing positive for the COVID-19, but they are still being kept in the hotel.

They also complained of being stigmatised as a result of their proximity to the hotel hosting them.

Appeal

Hajia Fati Alhassan, who said she share a wall with the hotel where the Guinean COVID-19 patients are being quarantined claimed they cannot moved freely in the area and their other relatives and friends have stopped visiting them.

“I am leaving here with my grandchildren and these children cannot go out in the compound to play because of the presence of these COVID-19 patients in the hotel I share a wall with,” she stated

Hajia Fati stated further that nobody, including the COVID-19 regional team, was telling them anything in relation to the status of the Guinean ladies who are in quarantine in the hotel.

“We are also being stigmatised by other residents and recently one of my grandchildren who went to buy porridge was asked by the porridge seller not to come closer to her because his house was nearer to where the COVID-19 Guinean patients are being quarantined and therefore might infect her with virus,” she said.

Awudu Nashirudeen, who also share a wall with the hotel also expressed concerns about the continued presence of the Guineans in the hotel since they have been kept there for about three weeks now.

“Nobody is telling us anything and those of us who lived closer to the hotel are scared and cannot move freely,” he said.

Source: Graphic.com.gh