The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said one close contact in the new Marburg Virus Disease cases in Ghana reported symptoms after the maximum incubation period, the person tested positive together with his close contact (yet to be corroborated by IPD) but died on July 21, 2022. Currently, 40 additional contacts have been identified in the Savannah […]
Many people are showing up at health facilities to take the COVID-19 jabs following the announcement that the government will soon implement a ‘No vaccination, No entry’ policy at ministries, departments and agencies. At a number of health facilities such as Adabraka, Dansoman, Mamobi and Madina Polyclinics and the Darbem Medical Centre and the New […]
Health authorities in Ghana on Thursday said vaccination against COVID-19 is now mandatory for international travellers before entering the country as part of efforts to control the spread of the disease. The directive takes effect Sunday, 12 December 2021 at the only international airport in the capital, Accra, the Ghana Health Service said in a statement. “All persons 18 […]
Ghana has detected the Omicron variant at its borders, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has disclosed. He revealed that the virus was detected in persons travelling from Nigeria and South Africa into the country. He made the revelation at the launch of December as Covid-19 month. At […]
From January next year, the police will inspect the vaccination cards of all commercial drivers and motorbike riders to ensure that they have taken the COVID-19 shot. Additionally, workers of all government institutions and health facilities will not be allowed into their workplaces if they do not show their vaccination certificates, while absence from work […]
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has reiterated his advice to persons eligible to take the second jab of the AstraZeneca COVID- 19 vaccine not to rush to vaccination centres. He urged them to be patient and avoid overcrowding as the government is doing all it can to get everyone […]
More than half of the backlog of people awaiting their second shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are expected to take the jab, starting tomorrow. The nationwide exercise, expected to be concluded on Saturday, is targeting people above 18 who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine from March 10 to 29 this year. […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has “reminded” the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene to remain in isolation after the Secretariat said his COVID-19 test was a false-positive. It will be recalled that the AfCFTA in a statement issued on April 27, 2021, said Mene, will participate […]
Ghana Thursday morning took delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield). The 600,000 doses is the first consignment of vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana, among 92 countries, has signed unto. The vaccines which arrived at the Kotoka International […]
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that the Covid-19 virus has now spread to all 16 regions of the country. The Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who disclosed this said the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western Regions are the biggest hotspots. He said the situation has changed since President Akufo-Addo said during his 22nd national […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has launched government’s scholarship scheme for postgraduate training of Ghanaian medical doctors. The scheme, launched at the Jubilee House on Thursday, is a fulfillment of a promise made by President Akufo-Addo in 2016 to fully fund the postgraduate training of Ghanaian medical doctors. Under the scholarship scheme, the tuition […]
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 […]
