Tag Archives: Covid-19

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be addressing the nation on the measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic today, Wednesday December 15. The 27th address on the pandemic is scheduled to take place at 8PM.       Fellow Ghanaians Update No. 27: Measures taken to combat spread of Coronavirus. …

The Covid-19 has placed a heavy toll on human and economic development in Ghana and the Ashanti Region has been one of the regions being affected by this pandemic. The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate today, 6 December, 2021 has launched the Ashanti Regional Covid-19 Vaccination Month with the aim of …

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffuor has said that government’s over expenditure in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the economy. Speaking on Newsfile, on Saturday, she explained that there was much-unplanned expenditure including freebies like free electricity …

The Ghana Health Service will today, Friday, innoculate Ghanaians above the age of 17years who have not yet been vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic in the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate.   Aside from that section of the general public, individuals who have received just the first jab of the …

The Government of Ghana on Saturday, September 4, received one of its largest shipment of Covid-19 vaccines yet – 1.2 doses of Moderna vaccines through the COVAX Facility. A delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Health, Mr Mahama Asei Seini on behalf of government received the vaccines at the …

A 55-year-old Covid-19 patient has been found dead after he escaped from the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital’s Covid Center in the Western Region. Narrating the sad event to Connect FM on Thursday, August 19, Deputy Director of Nursing Services for Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital Justina Amo Yartey said the deceased, …

Government has given a firm assurance that it will not default in its debt obligations despite the rising level of same.   The Deputy Minister of Finance explained that funds are being invested in some productive sectors and projects that will help pay back these loans on time.   Dr …

The Ghana Health Service is expected to begin giving out jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus in the Greater Accra Region today, Friday, August 13, 2021. Vaccine shots in other coronavirus hotspots such as the Ashanti Region will begin on Monday, August 16, 2021.   …

Children between 22 months and 11 years are contracting the coronavirus in Ghana’s third wave of infection, health officials have said. Speaking on Asaase Radio’s The Big Bulletin on Tuesday, Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere, who is in charge of the Ghana Medical Association’s COVID -19 team for the Greater Accra Region, …

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has called on the Ghana Police Service in the region to enforce the COVID-19 protocols. In a statement to all the stakeholders in the region and sighted by MyGhanaMedia.com , the Greater Accra Regional Minister said anyone that breaches the protocols should be …