Minister designate for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has told the Appointments Committee of Parliament that the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Small Scale Mining told him the number of unaccounted for seized excavators is not up to five hundred as was reported in the media. He said this …
Read More »Government To Receive First Consignment Of Coronavirus Vaccines Today
The Government of Ghana will today Wednesday, February 24, 2021, receive the first batch of 600,000 AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. A press statement issued by the Ministry of Information in Accra, said the Minister for Health Designate, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, would lead the …
Read More »60 Health Workers At Savelugu Hospital Test Positive For Covid-19
Some 60 health workers at the Savelugu Hospital in the Northern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. This follows mass testing of staff of the hospital after an upsurge of cases in the Savelugu Municipality. Sources say there are still some samples at the laboratory yet to be tested. The …
Read More »Ghana Approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine For Emergency Use – RDIF
Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday that Ghana had granted emergency authorisation for the use of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 31st country to do so, and the fifth African state. The Russian vaccine was approved by the West African country’s health ministry, the Russian …
Read More »KATH Chief Executive Commends Ebenage Herbal Consult For Support.
As part of the celebration of the “YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE”, the Ministry of Health in partnership with Ebenage Herbal, and the RENEF Foundation gave out free customized chocolates to nurses and midwives at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). They were also given immune booster …
Read More »Ghana Health Service Issues Ebola Alert
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued a notice to all regional directors of health and chief executive officers of the various teaching hospitals about the re-emergence of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa. Seven cases of the viral disease were confirmed in Guinea on Sunday, February 14. …
Read More »12 More COVID-19-Related Deaths Recorded In Ghana
Twelve more persons have succumbed to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana pushing the death toll to 494. The country has also recorded 554 additional cases since the last update on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Currently, Ghana has 6,948 active COVID-19 cases. The Greater Accra Region leads with the highest …
Read More »[Video] ‘Unlicensed’ Frontier Was Procured By Presidential Taskforce – Agyemang-Manu
Minister-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has disclosed the procurement of Frontier Healthcare Services, as the sole company testing all passengers who arrive at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), was done by a presidential taskforce which reports directly to the President. Appearing before the Appointments Committee of Parliament Wednesday, the nominee …
Read More »Man, 70, Collapses And Dies After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
An elderly man collapsed and died in New York City on Sunday morning shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, officials revealed Monday. The man, who was in his 70s, fell as he left Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center just 25 minutes after receiving his shot, New York State Health Commissioner …
Read More »Close Schools Now – Ghana Medical Association Tells Akufo-Addo
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has proposed for schools in the country to be shut down in order to control the rising spread of Coronavirus in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among COVID patients in the country. The death rate of the virus has …
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