Tag Archives: CORONAVIRUS

Ghana’s active Coronavirus cases jump to 1,982; death toll hits 799

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its latest update has announced that a total of 1,982 active cases have been recorded in thirteen regions as of July 6. Out of 97,130 confirmed cases, 94,349 patients have recovered and have been discharged from various health facilities. The three regions that have …

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Be mindful of coronavirus – Akufo-Addo to Ghana’s Olympics Delegation

President Akufo-Addo has cautioned Ghana’s delegation to the delayed 2020 Olympic games taking place in Japan from the 23rd of July 2021, to be mindful of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to observe all the protocols while in Japan for the games. The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII …

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684 students contract Coronavirus in Eastern Region

• Ghana is still fighting the deadly Coronavirussince the index case was recorded in March 2020 • Many Ghanaians, including high profile personalities have died from the virus • At the regional level, 684 students have contracted the disease in recent times  A report from the Eastern Regional Health Directorate …

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LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo’s 25th address on measures against coronavirus

The last time President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo address the nation on the fight against COVID-19 was on February 28, 2021, it was the 24th time the president performed the exercise. Almost ten weeks after the 24th address, the President is tonight delivering the 25th Presidential Address on the fight against COVID-19. At the time …

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Akufo-Addo to go on 9-day post-Coronavirus economy-fixing trip to France, Belgium, SA

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to leave Ghana on Sunday, 16 May 2021, for a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa. These working visits are part of the efforts the President is making to re-engage with the rest of the world, following the outset of …

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How Kufuor, Mahama and Akufo-Addo combined to save Dr Kofi Amoah from coronavirus

  Dr Kofi Amoah, a renowned Ghanaian economist has in narrating his ordeal with the coronavirus, proffered a solution to curbing certain challenges in the country. Dr Amoah in an interview with Paul Adom-Otchere on the Good Evening Ghana program last Thursday, stated that his battle with the COVID-19 emphasized …

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Few African scientists appear on the list of coronavirus researchers1

African scientists have continued to perform dismally in research on Covid-19, authoring just three percent of research on the virus, according to analyses of leading medical and global health journals. Worse, even what is published — 1,130 documents between November 2019 and August 2020 — almost 65 percent of the …

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Ghana marks coronavirus first anniversary

A year today, Ghana recorded its first COVID-19 case in the country. Two cases were confirmed on March 12, 2020, when two persons, one from Norway and the other, Turkey, came to the country. Consequently, the government instituted measures to contain the spread of the virus. By the end of March, Ghana …

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Stories that govt will sanction non-vaccine takers are false – MOI

Government says reports that non-vaccine takers will be sanctioned are false. A statement issued in Accra on Wednesday 10th March 2021 by the Ministry of Information appealed to the general public to disregard such reports. Here is the full statement RE: GOVERNMENT TO SANCTION PERSONS WHO REFUSE COVID-19 VACCINE The …

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