Coronavirus has struck again!
Bice Osei Kuffour aka. Obour announced on Twitter not too long ago that he has lost his father, Mr. Osie Boansi Kuffour to the deadly coronavirus disease.
Obour’s father recently returned from the UK on March 19th, 2020 after a visit to the family. After almost a week of returning to Ghana, he started developing a cough and unfortunately passed on.
He was not officially confirmed to be a coronavirus patient but showed signs of the disease. Obour is very confident that he passed from implications from covid-19.
Here is Obour explaining exactly how it all happened:
With sadness and a heavy heart I announce the death of Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour my biological father.
Nana returned from UK on 19th March after his yearly visit to the family. Upon his return he was fine but began coughing on Sunday 22nd.
— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020
We arranged for his blood sample to be tested and he tested positive for malaria.
We began treatment for malaria but his condition got worse. We arranged to bring him to Accra to be tested for Covid 19 at Ridge Hospital on Wednesday.— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020
They informed us that his report will be ready on Friday but we should keep him in quarantine which we did.
On thursday night he had extreme difficulty with breathing so we called the Ambulance service and informed them of his condition.— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020
We told them the patient has tested for COVID 19 and awaiting his results so they should come along with appropriate apparel. The ambulance team took him to Ridge Hospital around 11pm on Thursday March 26.
— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020
We informed the health team at Ridge of his condition and also informed them he had earlier taken a test for Covid and awaiting results.
— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020
Late this afternoon , the doctors informed us that he is likely to be a confirmed Covid case and as such we should take steps to do a contact trace and quarantine ourselves. Sadly he passed on this evening.
— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020
It is very tough for us as a family,as he was the best father anyone could wish for
— #Obour4AAS (@obourbice) March 27, 2020