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COVID-19: Ghana records 1,279 cases with 134 recoveries

April 24, 2020 1:18 pm Add a Comment

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count is now at 1,279 from the 1,154 announced on Tuesday. 125 new cases has been recorded according to the Ghana Health Service on April 24, 2020. Oti and Western North regions have now recorded cases increasing … Read more →

COVID-19 fund donation was less than 5% of our CSR budget – NHIA

April 23, 2020 5:36 pm Add a Comment

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has justified the motivation behind a GH?250,000 donation to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund after it was criticised for its charity despite its high indebtedness to health service providers across the country. The NHIA in … Read more →

COVID-19: Why I won’t donate to Togo – Adebayor explains

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Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor says he would not be pressured by others to spend his own money to support Togo’s battle against the Coronavirus pandemic. The 36-year-old, who now plays for Olimpia in Paraguay defended his decision during a Facebook Live … Read more →

COVID 19: “We need some women in here” – Quarantined Sekondi Fishermen

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The six fishermen who have been quarantined at Sekondi, are praying authorities allow their wives to make ‘contact’ with them. They say “we’ve missed our wives”, and have been restless without them. One of the fishermen cried that the weather … Read more →

Sekondi-Takoradi Veterinary lab to begin COVID 19 testing next week

April 21, 2020 2:05 pm Add a Comment

An advanced laboratory at the Sekondi-Takoradi Veterinary Service Department is expected to run COVID 19 testing in the coming week. The facility which is Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3); implies that it is appropriate for work involving microbes which can cause … Read more →

COVID-19: Florida, South Carolina reopen beaches as states begin to loosen restrictions

April 20, 2020 8:37 am Add a Comment

States eager to resume business as usual began to loosen restrictions this weekend despite reporting an increase in coronavirus infections. Florida residents returned to the beaches Friday after Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the green light to reopen parts of the … Read more →

COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now 1,042, recoveries 99

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Ghana has recorded 1,042 positive coronavirus cases, representing 1.5% of some 68,591 samples tested, with 99 persons recovering after contracting the disease. President Akufo-Addo announced the numbers in his latest Covid-19 update Sunday night, during which he lifted the three … Read more →

UK loses over 60 Health Workers to COVID-19

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The UK has lost over 60 health workers to the deadly coronavirus. NHS made this known in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. It says one of the deceased is a blackman named Michael Allieu. Allieu is … Read more →

COVID-19: Papa Owusu-Ankomah in stable condition – High Commission

April 16, 2020 9:33 am Add a Comment

A statement from Ghana’s High Commission to the United Kingdom has assured that Papa Owusu-Ankomah is in a stable medical condition after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Papa Owusu Ankomah who was recently diagnosed with coronavirus was said to be in … Read more →

COVID-19: Seventeen recover in Ghana

April 14, 2020 12:02 pm Add a Comment

Seventeen infected persons have recovered from the novel coronavirus in Ghana, according to the Ghana Health Service. “We have 17 persons who have recorded double negatives and are obviously clinically cured,” Dr. Patrick Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health … Read more →