HEALTH

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A former Communication Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has expressed surprise at government’s possible decision not to administer COVID-19 doses to the aged and persons with underlying health conditions. This he says when implemented will be one of the major errors in the country’s fight against …

A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health ministry says. A woman from the town of Biena near the city of Butembo has died from the disease The authorities say they are sending a response team to the …

The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most Rev. Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, has openly stated that he tested positive for COVID-19. He has been undergoing treatment for the past five days at the Ga East Infectious Disease Centre, he announced in a viral video he posted on social media. Palmer-Buckle wants …

The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority, Dr. Alexander Dodoo has revealed that children, pregnant women, people with allergies and underlying health conditions, and the aged will not be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Ghana is expected to receive 19.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of June …

The management and staff of Noguchi Memorial Institute and Medical Research has turned away some Ghanaians who were seeking for free COVID-19 tests. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced during his 23rd Update on measures his government has taken against the Coronavirus pandemic that COVID-19 tests are …