HEALTH

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 …

  Pressure group OccupyGhana has called on the government to immediately ban all social gatherings in the country due to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.     According to the group, the ban is important to slow the spread of covid-19 across the country. The statement said if the …

Nose mask sellers in Kumasi Central Business District are making good sales, following the resurgence of the spread of the coronavirus and re-opening of schools by the government. They told the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi that demand for the item had gone up, making their business attractive. A visit …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has for the third straight update announced that the country has recorded more than 600 new daily infections of the Coronavirus. The country’s health management body on Friday, January 23, confirmed 635 new cases of infections barely 24 hours after it had announced 658 new …

The Embassy of Netherlands has introduced some new travel restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its new variants.         The restrictions include flight bans for countries where there is “a very high prevalence of COVID-19 or a risk of new variants” according to a statement …