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MASSIVE DISINFECTION CARRIED OUT AT KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL …

By Felicia Gyasiwaah Dadzie January 15, 2021 94 0

The Ministry of Aviation (MoA) and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) are leaving nothing to chance in their effort to ensure that the country’s airports are safe and secure in the midst of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). It is the light of the above that the two state entities engaged waste management and disinfection […]Continue Reading

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COVID-19: GHANA’S ACTIVE CASES RISE TO 1,404

By Richard Obeng Bediako January 15, 2021 65 0

Ghana’s COVID-19 active cases have risen to 1,404 from 1,330, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced via its website. This follows the confirmation of 175 new cases of infection, bringing the country’s cumulative cases to 56,981. The new infections are from tests conducted on January 11, 2021.Additionally, the country’s health management body Continue Reading

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COVID-19 TEST SHOULD BE MADE FREE- GMA TO GOV’T

By Delali Kukey January 15, 2021 68 0

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is calling for an urgent scale up of COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing for all positive cases as well as strict isolation and management of all infected persons to help break the chain of transmission. Additionally, the GMA has suggested that COVID-19 testing should be made free or relatively cheaper […]Continue Reading

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GHANA’S COVID-19 DEATHS NOW 341

By Delali Kukey January 14, 2021 87 0

Three more Covid-19 patients have died of the infection pushing the death toll to 341 according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The GHS, in its latest case management update, also recorded 175 new cases of Covid-19 infection pushing the total number of confirmed cases to 56,988.The health service said the country’s active cases now […]Continue Reading

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COVID-19: GHS TO EMBARK ON MASSIVE SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGN IN …

By Delali Kukey January 14, 2021 21 0

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is set to commence intensive COVID-19 campaign in the Greater Accra Region following a recent spike in active cases. The country has recorded 191 new cases taking the national caseload to 56,421 with 1,330 active cases, 54,753 recoveries and 338 deaths. The numbers started picking up after the Christmas festivities […]Continue Reading

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37 MILITARY HOSPITAL CLOSING DOORS TO GENERAL PUBLIC

By Richard Obeng Bediako January 14, 2021 163 0

The 37 Military Hospital has announced that it will close down its medical and emergency unit (MEU) to the general public. According to the Hospital, from Thursday, January 14 to Thursday February 4, 2021, its MEU will be closed to the general public. The move, the Hospital said in a press release signed by Colonel […]Continue Reading

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37 MILITARY HOSPITAL TO CLOSE DOWN FOR FUMIGATION EXERCISE J …

By Delali Kukey January 13, 2021 33 0

The Medical and Emergency Unit (MEU) of the 37 Military Hospital will be closed down to the general public from Thursday 14 January 2021 to Thursday 4 February 2021 in order to conduct a fumigation exercise, a statement from the Ghana Armed Forces has said. The statement signed by the Director of Public Relations at the Ghana […]Continue Reading

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ADHERE TO COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO HELP EASE INFECTION R …

By Richard Obeng Bediako January 13, 2021 117 0

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has stated that Ghanaians should adhere to Covid-19 safety protocols to help ease the infection rate. “We have an increasing number but it’s not an alarming figure and we are hoping to contain the situation as it is now. As we speak now, a thousand three hundred […]Continue Reading

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FDA HAS NOT APPROVED COVID-19 VACCINES – CEO

By Richard Obeng Bediako January 13, 2021 106 0

 The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public against the patronage and use of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. A statement signed by Mrs Delese A. A. Darko, Chief Executive Officer of the FDA in Accra said the authority has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines for use in Ghana. “The General Public is […]Continue Reading

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SOUTH AFRICA ORDERS 20 MILLION CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DOSES

By Richard Obeng Bediako January 12, 2021 71 0

In light of a spike in COVID-19 cases in South Africa which authorities attribute to widespread holiday trips, the country will close the twenty remaining open land border posts with neighboring countries for general entries and departures until February 15. In addition, coronavirus vaccines will soon be made available to the South African public. In […]Continue Reading