HEALTH

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, on Monday, July 19 appeared before the nine-member bi-partisan committee set up by Parliament to probe the botched contract between the government of Ghana and Emirati middleman Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum to procure Sputnik V vaccines. It was the second time the …

2,323 students from a total of 363 schools have tested positive for COVID-19 since the resumption of schools in January 2021. This was disclosed by the Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye at a press briefing on Wednesday, July 14, 2021.       Breaking down the figures, …

“We don’t have a culture of asking questions’, host of Joy FM’s Home Affairs, Edem Knight-Tay would remark to her guest, Dr Matthew Yamoah Kyei, a consultant urologist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. But under the relative anonymity of radio, the men would emerge from their hideouts, revealing on Joy …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that 89 out of the 135 students of Achimota school who tested positive for the deadly Delta variant of the coronavirus have recovered,. Between the 14th and 16th June 2021, 3 students were presented to the Achimota School Sickbay with influenza-like symptoms, a …

The health secretary of the United Kingdom (UK) MattHancock, has resigned after he allegedly breached COVID-19 social distancing guidance by kissing a colleague. In a letter addressed to the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, dated the 26th of June 2021, hon Hancock said he writes to resign as secretary of state for …

One of the hospitals being constructed by Egyptian firm, Euroget De-Invest, for the government is expected to be ready in a month as engineers put finishing touches on its construction. The Konongo District Hospital is currently 97 per cent complete, according to site engineers, and what remains to be done …

Accra Hearts of Oak have had their request to admit 70% of the stadium capacity dismissed for Sunday’s epic clash with Asante Kotoko.   Head of the government’s COVID-19 task force, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare has dismissed claims that they will increase stadium capacity to 70% for Sunday’s clash with …

The highly transmissible strain of COVID-19 which originated from India, Delta variant, has been detected in Ghana.     The Head of the West Africa Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens  (WACCBIP) at the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awendare, confirmed this on Eyewitness News. He said the variant …

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has admonished the public to continue observing the Covid-19 safety protocols following an upsurge in new cases in the last two weeks. Deputy Director in Charge of Public Health, Dr Michael Rockson Adjei, said the blatant disregard for the protocols was accounting for the rise …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged the public to observe the “five keys to food safety” to ensure the food they consume is safe and wholesome. The safety measures are; keeping clean at all times through proper washing of hands and utensils, separating raw food from cooked food …