Using drones to transport suspected COVID-19 samples; experiences from the second largest testing centre in Ghana, West Africa

• Augustina Angelina Sylverken ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: asylverken@knust.edu.gh

  Affiliations Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-914X

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• Michael Owusu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Bernadette Agbavor,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Alex Kwarteng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0961-4434

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• Patrick Ofori,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Philip El-Duah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, Charite, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Richmond Yeboah,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Sherihane Aryeetey,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Jesse Addo Asamoah,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Rita Ziem Ekekpi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Morrah Oppong,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Richmond Gorman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Kofi Adjei Brempong,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Emmanuella Nyarko-Afriyie,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Felix Owusu Bonsu,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zipline Mpanya Drone Site, Mampong, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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• Rita Larsen-Reindorf,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Michael Rockson Adjei,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Gifty Boateng,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Public Health Reference Laboratory, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Badu Sarkodie,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Dennis O. Laryea,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Emmanuel Tinkorang,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Patrick Kumah Aboagye,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana Health Service Headquarters, Accra, Ghana

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• Anthony Nsiah Asare,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Office of the President, Jubilee House, Accra, Ghana

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• Kwasi Obiri-Danso,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Ellis Owusu-Dabo,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global and International Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Yaw Adu-Sarkodie,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Richard Odame Phillips

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8992-0222

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