HEALTH

Ghana has yet again reached another grim milestone as far as Covid-19 is concerned. The country is currently averaging about 700 new infections daily while “hospitals have become full, and we have had to reactivate our isolation centres.” This was revealed by President Akufo-Addo during his 23rd address to the …

President Akufo-Addo says non-ECOWAS nationals who arrive at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will continue to pay $150 for their PCR antigen test. This follows a revelation by the Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu that the President has instructed those in charge to reduce the cost of the Covid-19 test. Mr …

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I came into your homes, on 17th January, to give an account of our COVID-19 situation – a situation which, per available data at the time, was not good. To this end, I appealed to you, my fellow Ghanaians, to help contain the spread of the …

The president of the 4th republic, Nana Akufo-Addo  announced late Sunday that conferences, workshops, parties, night clubs, drinking spots, beaches, festivals, political rallies, religious activities, marriage and funeral ceremonies, and sporting events remained banned  until further notice. In his 23rd address to the nation on measures government is taking to …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) is urging the government to reintroduce restrictions on the transport sector as a means of curtailing the spread of COVID-19. According to the party, commercial vehicles including trotros and taxis are still crowded with very loose adherence to COVID-19 preventive protocols. The National Chairperson of …

Professor Ransford Gyampo, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, wants the government to impose a two-week lockdown to help contain the alarming spread of COVID-19. Speaking to Asaase News, Prof Gyampo said Ghana’s failure to tap into the experience of countries that held elections amidst COVID-19 is to …

A study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology has revealed that exposure to air pollution increases the risk of blindness in older adults. The study found that small increases in air pollution contribute to the occurrence of age-related muscular degeneration (AMD), a condition that causes irreversible blindness. The study, …

The government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has directed public laboratories in the country to offer free Covid-19 tests for all walk-in requests from persons with ill health, contact tracing and those exposed to the infection.     In a statement issued by the MoH and signed by its …

Five more individuals have passed on increasing the death toll to 377 since the last update, according to the Ghana Health Service At least 616 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed taking Ghana’s active cases to 3, 813, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) is reporting. Total number of confirmed cases since March …

  The Second Vice Chairman for Suame Constituency of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Akwasi Asante, has called for the deployment of military and Police personnel to enforce the wearing of nose masks in public places in accordance with the law. The masks, he said, is part of the protocols …