HEALTH

New updates released by the Ghana Health Service show another surge in Ghana’s coronavirus cases as 183 more persons have tested positive for the virus. This new update raises the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,918. Two more persons who tested positive for the virus have …

A Community Health Nurse (CHN) with the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) Hospital in Nsuta in the Western Region, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died, a statement from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) has confirmed. The statement dated 16 May named the deceased as Sophia Addo who was …

Strong immune systems of individuals are very essential in the fight against the novel coronavirus. This was reiterated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 9th national address to Ghanaians on COVID-19. This, the President said, “has to be one of the permanent legacies of the pandemic. We have …

The Volta Region on Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman, who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have …

The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has told DGN Online that a five-year-old child is among the 12 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. According to him, the infected child is a contact of a Covid-19 patient in the region. The Northern Region …

The Ghana Health Service has released new figures indicating that 97 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 5,735. One more person who tested positive for the virus has also died, bringing to 29 the total number of …

An Associate Pastor at the Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis Reverend Peter Owusu Mensah has called for the imposition of strict measures to limit the spread of coronavirus, as the number of infections continues to rise sharply. Rev Peter Mensah speaking on virtual …

The General Secretary of Kumasi Youth Association and a Social Commentator, Mr Kwabena Frimpong has urge producers of approved hand Sanitizers and Face Mask to them make them cheaper to enable the poor and Ordinary Ghanaians to be able to purchase.   In a live studio interview on Boss morning …

Details of the 28 persons who have so far lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have finally been released. The list which is included in the latest update on the Ghana Health Service site, provides the underlying health condition responsible for the death of the 28. …

Nurses at Nyankumase Community Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region are troubled over the invasion of the facility by reptiles. Three big snakes have been killed this year after invading the premises of the facility. The Health workers say “the number …