Tag Archives: CORONA

A driver wearing a face mask is reflected in a mirror as he is stuck in a traffic jam near a checkpoint, on the first day of a national travel ban as Indonesia halts sea, land, air, and rail travel for the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in an effort to prevent …

Two African countries have been included in the United Kingdom’s latest coronavirus red list of countries – they are Ethiopia and Somalia. They join 13 others African countries that continue to be on the said list. Meanwhile, Mauritius has been taken off the list according to a March 15 statement …

A five-member committee, set up by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in consultation with the University of Ghana, has dismissed claims that the Institute engaged in the falsification of Covid-19 test results. The Noguchi Institute, in a press release dated Wednesday, March 3, has disclosed that investigations …

Director of Health Promotions at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Dacosta Aboagye has cautioned against Ghanaians who are engaging in self-medication when they begin to show signs of the Covid-19.   According to him, it has come to the notice of the Ghana Health Service that some Ghanaians are engaging …

128 lives have been claimed so far by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the first two weeks of February 2021 in Ghana. The daily update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that Ghana recorded 22.8% deaths from Coronavirus between February 1, 2021 to February 13, 2021. Ghana’s coronavirus related …

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has now hit 440, according to the latest figures by the Ghana Health Service. A total of 697 new COVID-19 cases have also been recorded, shooting up the active cases to 6,086. 497 persons have also recovered from the disease bringing the total number of recoveries …

Physicians and medical experts across the country, in recent times have received reports of a rather worrying development associated with the COVID-19 virus. Some male patients who have either contracted the virus or have survived it appear to be suffering from erectile dysfunction. A doctor with the Ghana Police Hospital, on the …

A statement from respected veteran journalist and Diplomat, Amb. Haruna Atta, has opened a window COVID-19 secrets that the Akufo-Addo Jubilee House may be keeping away from Ghanaians. According to him, the mother of Jean Adukwei Mensa, the Electoral Commissioner whose declaration of Akufo-Addo as winner of the 2020 election …

An eight-month-old baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region. Also, a one-year-old baby has tested positive in the Region. In the case of the eight-month-old baby, the Public Relations Officer of the Hospital, Mohammed Misbawu, said the parents of the child, who …

Head of the Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe has shed more light on why the COVID-19 pandemic is transmitted exponentially in office spaces with market places recording lesser cases. On his accord, the assumption that office spaces are safer than markets and open …