Tag Archives: COVID 19

• COVID-19 is real, Hassan Ayariga has testified • The politician disclosed this after having battled the virus for three weeks  • He received treatment from two major hospitals before his recovery  Founder of All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has recovered from Coronavirus which saw him spend three weeks on admission at …

Six persons have died of the coronavirus within a month at the Suntreso Government Hospital in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The Medical Superintendent at the hospital, Dr Agyarko Poku, who spoke to class news’ Elisha Adarkwah said several critical cases are being recorded. He expressed happiness that …

A group of students of Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has petitioned the school authorities to migrate the second semester examinations to online mode amid the contagion and related risks of covid-19. In the petition filed before the management,students said that gathering of thousands at examination centers is not a …

With Senegal in the grip of a deadly third wave of Covid-19, cemeteries in the capital Dakar are contending with a surge in burials. In Yoff, the largest cemetery in Dakar is handling three times more burials than normal, while the Christian Saint-Lazare Cemetery is seeing as many burials in …

Alan Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry, has reiterated that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), will provide a unique platform to guide Africa’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery effort. Mr Kyerematen said this in his address at the maiden AfCFTA – Angola Business Investment Forum in Accra. The event …

In some good news, SA passed the 7-million mark for the number of vaccines administered. There were 194,891 jabs administered by 5pm on Wednesday, taking the national tally to 7,065,432. There were 520 Covid-19 related deaths recorded in SA in the past 24 hours, as well as 17,351 new infections. …

COVID-19 cases are rising steadily in the country, with the number of new cases recorded a day going up from 85 to 143, data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shown. Active cases have increased from 1,674 to 2,314 from June 30 to July 13, 2021. The GHS Covid-19 …

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has warned diplomats and other organizations threatening some MPs behind a private members’ bill seeking to criminalize activities of LGBTQI to desist from such actions. Speaking at the speaker’s prayer breakfast meeting, Alban Bagbin assured the bill will be passed before the year ends …

The outbreak was first observed on Thursday, with most of the lions asymptomatic. File image. Image: DANIEL BORN A nine-year old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday. There have been various …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has released the timetable for the second covid-19 vaccination exercise. The initial date for the second doses was April 27 but the new schedule for the second dose will be starting on May 19. Ghana received 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) coronavirus vaccine earlier …