Georgetown: A few hours after he escaped from the Lethem Regional Hospital in Region Nine, a Lethem COVID-19 patient, identified as Hamlet Da Silva was captured in Bonfim, Brazil Tuesday.
The Ministry of Public Health confirmed that he was tested positive for the deadly disease on Monday.
Reports indicate that Mr Da Silva has dual citizenship and lives in Bonfim; he is also from St. Ignatius in Region Nine and would makes frequent trips across the border, discharged himself from the isolation facility during Monday night and crossed the border.
He was arrested in the town of BonFim Tuesday morning. He allegedly entered Brazil via an illegal crossing at the border and was captured by the Police. Da Silva is now at a hospital in Bonfim; health officials in Lethem are in contact with his doctors there.
Officials said that he escaped from the hospital during heavy rainfall Monday night.
Guyana has recorded 109 cases of the Coronavirus to date. Over 1200 cases have been recorded in the state of Roraima next door to Lethem.
Brazil’s tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed sharply over the 150,000 mark recently with more than 10,000 deaths recorded.
