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Tokyo Olympics: North Korea to skip Games over Covid-19 fears
Add a CommentNorth Korea has announced it will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics this year, saying the decision is to protect its athletes from Covid-19. The decision puts an end to South Korea’s hopes of using the Games to engage … Read more →
Covid-19: Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Add a CommentThe Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects. The World Health Organization and Europe’s medicines regulator say there is no indication of a link between the vaccine … Read more →
GH¢5.7 billion petroleum revenue lost to COVID-19
Add a CommentGHANA lost some GH¢5.7 billion in petroleum revenue in the first half of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis, a report published by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has revealed. PIAC explained that the outbreak … Read more →
Parliament: 12 more test positive for COVID-19 after re-testing exercise
Add a CommentParliament has recorded 12 more cases of the COVID-19 virus within its enclave. Most of the cases involve auxiliary members of the House with a few being Members of Parliament (MPs). These persons tested positive after a Coronavirus re-testing exercise … Read more →
COVID-19 fight in Ghana: 3,321 vaccinate first day
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) in Ghana, launched the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Accra yesterday (March 2, 2021). This opens the gates for qualified members of the public to step forward and take the … Read more →
7 Kwesimintsim Hospital workers test positive for COVID-19
Add a CommentSeven staff of the Kwesimintsim Hospital in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly in the Western Region of Ghana have tested positive for COVID-19. According to Felix Kesse, the Hospital Administrator who revealed this to Journalists, the victims are being managed … Read more →
COVID-19: Ridge Hospital’s ICU running out of oxygen
Add a CommentThe COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, is running out of oxygen. This is as a result of increasing number of critical care and severe cases of COVID-19 reporting at the Facility. COVID-19 Case … Read more →
8 MPs test positive for Covid-19
Add a CommentReport reaching us indicate that not less than eight Members of Parliament have tested positive for the deadly Covid-19. This came to light after some of them showed signs of the disease and the Speaker, Alban Bagbin made it compulsory … Read more →
COVID-19: KNUST researchers get approval to trial potential treatment
Add a CommentResearchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have received approval to commence clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19. The approval which was granted by Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority … Read more →
COVID-19: Gov’t bans funerals, weddings and concerts
Add a CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced a ban on funerals, weddings concerts and parties until further notice in a bid to control the recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases across the country. Delivering his 23rd update on measures taken against spread of coronavirus on … Read more →
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