HEALTH

Nearly seven million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Africa targeting high-risk groups like healthcare workers, teachers and security officers, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti,…
Read More...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is cautioning importers against bringing COVID-19 vaccines into the country. Such persons, the regulator says will be made to face the law if found culpable. The Authority says the vaccines can only…
Read More...

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 691 after six more fatalities were confirmed, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The country’s active cases have witnessed a sharp decline from 3,908 to 3,673 after 223 new coronavirus…
Read More...

The Food and Drugs Authority has assured the Ghanaian public that the AstraZeneca vaccines are safe adding that no side effects have been recorded in Ghana yet. Over 300, 000 Ghanaians have been given the jab after the country took…
Read More...

Government says it is satisfied with the pace of the COVID-19 vaccine programme as over 400,000 people have already taken the jab. The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said the government is encouraged by the high turnout at the…
Read More...

Africa is poised to surpass four million COVID-19 infections this week since the continent’s first confirmed case in February 2020. The year-long battle against the virus, which has also claimed over 106 000 lives, is now receiving a…
Read More...

Ghana is expected to take delivery of two million more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX programme before May, after being the first recipient on the African continent, of 600,000 doses a few weeks earlier, Director-General of…
Read More...

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) says a significant number of students who tested positive for Covid-19 have recovered following a surge in cases early in the year. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Dr…
Read More...

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, General Overseer of Action Chapel International (ACI) Ministry, has stated that it takes faith and common sense for a person to make him or herself available to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In a…
Read More...

Active Covid-19 cases in Ghana have dropped significantly to 4,866 with the death toll now 647. Meanwhile, 373 new cases have been recorded taking the country’s total case count to 86,465 with a total of 80,952 recoveries. At the…
Read More...