Two COVID-19 patients who are currently quarantined at the University of Ghana Medical Centre have been sharing the experiences in an interview with Joy News. The video which is in the possession of BestNewsGH.com shows the two patients talk about their experience, while undergoing treatment, how they are being treated and how they are faring. […]
China has rejected calls for an independent international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus. A top diplomat in the UK, Chen Wen told the BBC the demands were politically motivated and would divert China’s attention from fighting the pandemic. Information about the origin of Covid-19 and how it initially spread could help countries tackle […]
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has reached One Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty Four (1154) according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The figure was disclosed by the Ghana Health Service at the regular press briefings on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. BestNewsGH.com reports the GHS as explaining that the country’s total recoveries from the virus currently […]
Some Three Million (3, 000,000) Ghanaians are projected to catch the deadly COVID-19 virus, according Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, the President’s Advisor on Health. BestNewsGH.com reports him as positing during a live television interview that One Hundred and Fifty Thousand (150, 000) people out of the Three Million (3, 000,000), representing Five Percent (5%) will […]
The fight at the frontlines of Covid-19 is being waged in clinics and hospitals around the world. But the success of that fight has, in large part, depended on the effectiveness of the healthcare systems in each country. So far, there’s been a noticeable correlation between a country’s ability to contain the virus and previous […]
Two Chinese doctors who were critically ill with COVID-19 have seen their skin turned dark after being brought back from the brink of death. Dr Yi Fan and Dr Hu Weifeng, both 42, caught the novel coronvirus while treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital in January. Their abnormal skin colour is caused by hormonal imbalances after […]
Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany has followed France, the UK and the US in directing its coronavirus anger at China, where the virus originated. Recent attacks come amid findings that Beijing appeared to […]
Ghana has recorded 70 more cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 636, Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. “The breakdown of the 636 positive cases are as follows: seventeen (17) have been treated, reverted to negative on repeat tests and discharged, 605 cases have been categorised as mild disease and are on […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says some seventeen (17) persons have fully ‘clinically’ recovered from the COVID-19 virus in the country, according to a briefing by its Director-General, early Tuesday morning. Dr. Patrick Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service said at the media briefing that “We have 17 persons who have recorded negatives […]
There are 70 coronavirus vaccines in development globally, with three candidates already being tested in human trials, according to the World Health Organization, as drugmakers race to find a cure for the deadly pathogen. The furthest along in the clinical process is an experimental vaccine developed by Hong Kong-listed CanSino Biologics Inc. and the Beijing […]
Six critically ill coronavirus patients in Israel who are considered high-risk for mortality have been treated with Pluristem’s placenta-based cell-therapy product and survived, according to preliminary data provided by the Haifa-based company. The patients were treated at three different Israeli medical centers for one week under the country’s compassionate use program and were suffering from acute respiratory […]
Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, the Rector of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the early hours of Friday succumbed to complications from COVID-19, at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, where he had been on a short admission. Dr Justice Yankson, the General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, (GMA) confirming the news of his […]
