Simon Okafor Chukudi, the 46-year-old Nigerian man who ran away after testing positive for Coronavirus in the Upper West Region has been arrested by the Regional Police Command.
According to reports, the patient was allegedly was arrested in a compound house near the Wa polytechnic.
The Upper West Regional Police Commander, DCOP Francis Aboagye Nyarko confirmed the arrest and said the man had been handed over to the COVID-19 team in the region.
The Police say, seven other people who came into contact with the patient, have also been picked up and placed under quarantine at the Upper West regional hospital.
The Ghana Health Service had placed Simon Okafor Chukudi under surveillance at his residence, whilst awaiting the outcome of his test results for COVID-19 which came out positive last Monday.
He was however nowhere to be found when health officials followed up to his residence at Wapaani, a suburb of Wa to transport him to the isolation centre.
