HEALTH

  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 …

Ghana has recorded two (2) additional COVID -19 related deaths in the within the  Christmas season, bringing total deaths to 335.     According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) report, two other patients are in critical condition and Active cases as of 26th December stand still at 884. They …

Information reaching myghanamedia.com newsroom has stated that the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Wednesday 30 December 2020 meet cabinet to decide on the possible re-opening of schools in January.   This was disclosed by the member 9f Parliament of Ofoase-Ayirebi who double as Information Minister, Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. …

  The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said that, Ghana has recorded 65 new covid-19 cases, increasing the country’s active case count to 871. The country’s death toll remains at 333. The Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions continue to lead with high numbers of covid-19 related cases; 29,975 and 11,169 …