HEALTH

The New Patriotic party (NPP) secretary for Nhyiaeso Constituency kumasi ,Michel Essel-Mills Fumed   has said only irresponsible parent can’t afford nose mask their children . According to him  if Parents and guardians looking forward to the government to give their  children Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as a preventive measure to …

Dr James Amoah-Dankwa, an Intervention Cardiologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), wants the government to impose another lockdown to help tackle the surging COVID-19 cases. He believes the lockdown will afford government adequate time to break the chain of transmission, especially in communities which are becoming a major source of …

Ghana Health Service {GHS} reports that the country has recorded 658 new infections pushing the country’s active case count to 2,413. Three more persons have succumbed to the virus bringing the total number of Coronavirus-related deaths to 361. According to data from the Ghana Health Service, Greater Accra continues to …

  The Ghana Media Association (GMA) has advised the government to with immediate effect reintroduce the restrictions on all forms of gatherings.   General Secretary of the GMA, Dr. Justice Yankson said restrictions on funerals, parties, weddings and all other events should be reintroduced. He said the restrictions are long …

Teachers and students of Ghana International School (GIS) are in a state of shock following the passing of a popular teacher due to COVID-19 infection. Dora Baah, a Junior School Teacher, died over the weekend, school authorities confirmed in a message to their community. “We have lost Mrs Dora Baah, Junior School …

    The United Nations Peace Ambassador in Ghana, Bishop Samuel Owusu, has appealed to the government to make coronavirus testing in Ghana free for all.   He said this is the surest way to get most people tested to know their status.   In the view of the founder …

Addressing the nation on Sunday, President Akufo-Addo warned that due to surge in COVID-19 cases, the police will deal with anyone flouting the protocols Ghana has recorded the new variant of COVID-19 following recent genomic sequencing by scientists in the country, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. The infected persons who are mainly …

    Former Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Oko Boye has hinted of a major crackdown on persons who fail to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols soon.   Ghana has recorded a rise in COVID-19 cases, a situation attributed to a breakdown in adherence during the festive season. President …

A member of the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Standard Treatment Guidelines Committee,Dr Radha Maria Hackman, has said Ghana is yet to record a new variant of COVID-19. Speaking with Nana Yaa Mensah on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Tuesday, Dr Hackman, however, said she will not be surprised if the …

  The Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor Abraham K. Anang has attributed the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Ghana to a disregard of safety protocols. Health authorities recently indicated that a cumulative number of 55,220 cases of the coronavirus had been recorded in the …