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1.2m doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines coming

July 14, 2021 The Manager of the Expanded Programme on immunisation (EPI) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, has given an assurance that the country would soon take delivery of...

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July 14, 2021 / Comments (0)

Telling statistics place employee-wellness top of mind in the post-COVID world

July 9, 2021 No business leader would have predicted that this era in history would bring with it a pandemic, economic turmoil, international employment crisis, and consequent widespread health...

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July 9, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa faces steep COVID-19 surge

July 6, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is picking up with speed, spreading faster and hitting harder in Africa. The WHO Regional Director for...

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July 6, 2021 / Comments (0)

AfCFTA lays foundation for establishment of a Continental Common Market

July 1, 2021 The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has laid a foundation for the establishment, in future, of a Continental Common Market. Wamkele Mene, the General Secretary of the AfCFTA...

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July 1, 2021 / Comments (0)

World Bank financing for COVID-19 vaccine rollout exceeds $4 billion

July 1, 2021 The World Bank announced today, June 30, 2021, that it is providing over $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines for 51 developing countries, half of which are in...

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July 1, 2021 / Comments (0)

COVID-19 strain: India’s ‘Delta’ of Coronavirus shows up in Ghana

June 23, 2021 Biomedical Scientists in Ghana say they have detected the Indian strain of Covid-19 also known as ‘Delta’ in Ghana. It was detected in travelers who arrived in Ghana and has not...

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June 23, 2021 / Comments (0)

Vaccinating 10 percent of population: 7 African countries to meet September target

June 18, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has projected that seven countries in Africa will be able to meet the September target of vaccinating 10 percent of their populations. The countries are...

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June 18, 2021 / Comments (0)

African countries urged to intensify efforts to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines

June 16, 2021 The African Union (AU) on Monday emphasized the need to scale up COVID-19 vaccines manufacturing in Africa so as to achieve universal and equitable access. The latest call was made by the...

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June 16, 2021 / Comments (0)

World Bank approves $200m more for COVID-19

June 16, 2021 The World Bank has approved $200 million as additional funding for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project (EPRP). The money will enable the government to procure...

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June 16, 2021 / Comments (0)

376,169 Complete 2nd dose COVID-19 vaccination

June 4, 2021 About 376,169 people have so far received the full dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the second round of the vaccination exercise in some parts of the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS)...

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June 4, 2021 / Comments (0)