A nurse assigned to a local hotel being used as a quarantine center for suspected cases of the deadly Coronavirus has died.
He is first healthcare worker on the frontlines of the pandemic in Liberia to succumb to the virus so far.
According to report, Dr. Murphy V. Dolbah was a COVID-19 responder conducting tests on suspected or quarantined cases at the Palm Springs Hotel.
He passed out at the 14 military Hospital off the Robertsfield Highway on Saturday a source told Liberia Public Radio.
Authorities in Liberia have been renting a number of hotels in Monrovia as quarantine centers due to the lack of spaces to quarantine at the 14 Hospital and other medical facilities in the city.
The Precautionary Observations Centers in Liberia include; Former Speaker ALEX Tyler’s hotel off the Robertsfield Highway, John Gbessay’s Beach Resort, Palm Springs, Executive Inn and Kailando Hotel.
Tributes Pour for Fallen Nurse
Murphy may have contracted the virus from the quarantine center at Palm Springs, an official familiar with the situation but not clothed with the authority to speak on it told Front PageAfrica Saturday.
“Heartbroken to learn that Murphy V. Dolbah whose outsized presence buoyed us at the ELWA 2 Hospital Ebola Treatment Unit, died of COVID-19 untold sacrifices,” Mary Beth Heffernan, wrote.
Dolbah’s death comes as healthcare workers continue to face increased risks on the job.
At least 18 healthcare givers have fallen prey to the virus, according to the Situation Report of the National Public Health Institute(NPHIL).
Five new confirmed cases were reported from Montserrado County on Saturday bring Liberia’s cumulative COVID-19 cases to 81.
More 2 million people worldwide have been tested positive for the virus with more than hundred thousand deaths reported so far.
