HEALTH

There is growing fear among workers of Tarkwa-Nsuta-based company, Ghana Manganese after a principal community officer died of COVID-19. The Deputy Health Director in charge of clinical services in the Western Region, Dr Atsu Dordor who confirmed the news said sample of the deceased was taken last week but she died …

The Western region has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 raising the regional figure from 38 to 52 as of Sunday. The regional tally stood at 38 as of the last update on Saturday evening. The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis leads with 16 positive cases while Tarkwa comes second with 15 …

Management of the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) reminds the general public that the facility is a mandatory facemask wearing zone. According to KATH management, any member of the public who wishes to access the hospital must, therefore, wear a facemask. This is in line with the directives outlined by the …

The Chairperson of Ghana Cancer Board, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has charged mothers in Ghana to stick to the precautionary measures being undertaken to combat the coronavirus pandemic. She said it is mothers’ responsibility to ensure healthy welfare and up-bringing of children in the society, and this can only be achieved if the …

Mixed reactions greeted Ghana Health Service’s latest announcement of an increase in Ghana’s coronavirus infections and deaths on social media. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on May 9, 2020, announced that Ghana’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus have increased from 4,012 to 4,263, an increase of 251 new cases with …

A recent report by the Ghana Health Service on Ghana’s COVID-19case count says 553 out of 1,300 workers of an undisclosed industrial facility have tested positive for the Coronavirus. According to the report, the cases account for 50% of the 921 new cases recorded between May 4 and May 8, 2020, bringing …

Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus. A recent French study has indicated that nicotine is helpful in guarding against coronavirus, functioning as an anti-inflammatory agent that kills the virus. Nicotine …

Ghana has recorded its biggest single-day spike of 921 new infections of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has effectively seen the country record a quantum leap of infections from 3,091 to 4,012 after recording its first two cases on March 12, 2020. According to an update on the Ghana Health Service’s …

A mother-of-four who recently gave birth to a baby girl at the Kumasi South Hospital in the Ashanti Region, has recovered fully and discharged with her new child who was not infected by the virus. The baby has tested negative twice, even though it is being breastfed by the mother, …

The blood transfusion unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is in a dire state as blood stocks is at its lowest in the only tertiary referral facility in the middle belt of Ghana. The unit is unable to pool blood from schools, religious institutions and other organized bodies as …