All the 245 Ghanaians evacuated from Kuwait have tested negative for the coronavirus, Director for Media and Communication for operation COVID Safety, Osei Bonsu Dickson has said. This should calm the nerves of some Ghanaians who worried that by allowing them into the country, Ghana could record more cases of the disease. But Mr. Dickson who is also […]
Category: Health
COVID-19: Drug firm AstraZeneca readies to supply vaccine in September
Drugs giant AstraZeneca has announced it is ready to provide a potential new coronavirus vaccine from September. The firm said it had concluded deals to deliver at least 400 million doses of the vaccine, which it is developing with Oxford University. AstraZeneca said it was capable of producing one billion doses of the AZD1222 vaccine […]
COVID-19: Ghana records 108 new cases; total now 5,638 with 4 more deaths
108 more people have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus in Ghana, bringing the number of total confirmed case to 5,638. 44 of the 108 new cases were recorded in Accra, 26 in the Western Region, 16 in the Central Region and 12 from the Northern Region. The remaining 10 cases, however, were recorded in the Ashanti […]
COVID-19: Ghana has been very proactive in handling crisis-Lawyer Sambian
Legal Practitioner and politician, Mr. Sulley Sambian says Ghana’s handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic has been very proactive. According to the North East Regional Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), this is evidenced by the commendations that are pouring in from across the globe. The NPP North East Regional scribe described Ghana;s current […]
COVID-19: Boost your immune system by eating dawadawa, crabs, kontomire, plantain and brown rice-President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the generality of the Ghanaian people to eat foods that will boost their immune systems in order to help them fight off the COVID-19 Virus. These foods according to the president include dawadawa, kontomire, crabs, plantain, brown rice and okro. The president who made the suggestion during his […]
Full text: President Akufo-Addo’s 9th address to the nation on Covid-19 crisis
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic, after we recorded our first two (2) confirmed cases. We have taken the necessary measures of aggressively tracing, testing, isolating and treating infected persons and their contacts, as a means of […]
COVID-19: Over 500 of Ghana’s new cases were recorded at an industrial facility
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says over 500 of the 921 new Covid-19 cases recorded on May 8, 2020, are from an industrial facility in the country. Ghana has recorded 921 new cases of the disease which has resulted in the national tally shooting to 4,012 in just 24 hours. The new cases have left […]
COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now 3,091; also the regional breakdown of figures
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Ghana has risen to 3,091, latest figures from the Ghana Health Service reveal. This represents a jump of 372 new infections from the last update. A new case detected in the Jaman North District makes Bono Region the 13th region to record a case. The Service’s website also […]
COVID-19: Ghana performs first two autopsies on bodies
Ghana on Thursday morning conducted two autopsies on two Covid-19 bodies to help unravel the mysteries surrounding a virus that has killed thousands worldwide and derailed the global economy. The move pathologists say is to help improve treatment of survivors in Ghana and possibly the world. In what could potentially change the treatment of coronavirus […]
Just in: Ghana records 403 new COVID-19 cases; total now 2,074 with 212 recoveries
Ghana’s COVID-19 case counts has surged to 2,074 after 403 new cases were recorded according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The Ghana Health Service’ COVID-19 website explains that 212 people have so far recovered from the deadly virus. BestNewsGH.com reports the GHS as indicating that one more death has been registered, bring the total […]
COVID-19: Upper East Region records 10 new cases from 3 Districts
The Upper East Region has recorded ten new COVID-19 cases from three Districts, bringing the total number of cases to 18 and one death. The recorded cases included one in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, and one each in the Bawku West and Pusiga Districts. The Bolgatanga and Bawku Municipalities which earlier recorded cases have also recorded […]
Health Alert: New symptoms of COVID-19 emerge
The National Health Service (NHS) has been issued an urgent alert about a spike in the number of children being admitted to intensive care with a Coronavirus-related condition. In an alert sent to GPs, health chiefs said: ‘There is growing concern that a [COVID-19] related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK. ‘Over the last three weeks, there has been an apparent rise […]