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New COVID-19 variant can escalate – GHS warns

February 3, 2021 The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) says it has identified a wide community spread of the mutated United Kingdom (UK) variant of the COVID-19 that can take over the traditional one if the public...

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February 3, 2021 / Comments (0)

COVID-19: Sputnik vaccine gives 92% protection in trial

February 3, 2021 Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late-stage trial results published in The Lancet revealed. It has also been deemed to be safe – and...

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February 3, 2021 / Comments (0)

Referrals needed for free COVID-19 testing – Ghanaians told

February 3, 2021 Government-run laboratories will not be able to attend to persons seeking COVID-19 tests without referrals. Since the government directed all public health testing laboratories not to...

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February 3, 2021 / Comments (0)

COVID-19: 42% of Ghanaians wearing face masks correctly – GHS

February 2, 2021 Only 42% of Ghanaians are wearing face masks correctly. This is according to a recent survey conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of...

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February 2, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa CDC confirms new coronavirus South African variant in Ghana

February 2, 2021 Ghana has been listed among countries in Africa where a new variant of the COVID-19 is spreading. The continental health body, the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC), made...

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February 2, 2021 / Comments (0)

Upsurge in COVID-19 cases in Ghana; Social activities restricted [FULL ADDRESS]

February 1, 2021 The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has re-imposed restrictions on some daily routines, following the wave of upsurge in COVID-19 cases. Until further notice, therefore, funerals,...

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February 1, 2021 / Comments (0)

Decongest workplace to break chain of new COVID-19 wave – GHS

January 27, 2021 The Ghana Health Service (GSH) has sent out an SOS message to companies for them to revisit and intensify their decongestion plans to help break the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic the...

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January 27, 2021 / Comments (0)

New surge of COVID-19 cases: GMA calls for restrictions on public gathering

January 26, 2021 The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the government to consider re-introducing restrictions on public gathering to help curb the increasing infections of the coronavirus...

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January 26, 2021 / Comments (0)

GHS intensifies community surveillance for COVID-19 variant

January 26, 2021 The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) has intensified community surveillance to ascertain whether the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant is spreading within communities. This has become...

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January 26, 2021 / Comments (0)

Don’t despair in midst of COVID-19 – President urges ECOWAS members

January 25, 2021 The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has asked member states not to be despaired in the face of the devastating...

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January 25, 2021 / Comments (0)