Report gathered by Liberia public Radio has learnt that Liberia’s Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor has tested positive for the coronavirus disease.
The document, copy of which was obtained by local media in Monrovia signed by Health Minister Dr. Wilhemina Jallah states that based on the advice of the Vice President’s doctor, the Incident Management Team was granting her permission to seek medication abroad.
On Tuesday, the Office of the Vice President announced that she was flown out of the country to seek additional medical care at a specialist hospital in Accra, Ghana.
According to a Press Release from the Office of the Vice President, VP Howard-Taylor was earlier admitted at the Aspen Medical Facility, in Sinkor, Monrovia, on Friday August 7, 2020, due to respiratory complications.
Having favorably responded to treatment and the state of her health stabilized, it was advised that the Vice President seeks further medical attention at a more advanced facility with specialty in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory ailments.
Liberia currently has more than 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with more than 700 people recovered so far.
Since the outbreak, several government officials have tested positive of the virus including information minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe and Justice Minister Musa Dean.
The office of the vice president has continously refuted that the VP was infected with the coronaviurs.
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