HEALTH

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that Ghana is likely to head into another lockdown if the country’s Coronavirus cases continue to rise. “If we don’t take care of ourselves, and looking at the trajectory, we might have to…
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The total of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged past 50 million following record numbers of new cases in several countries. More than 1.25 million people have now died after contracting the virus, according to Johns Hopkins…
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A Deputy Minister for Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has assured that all frontline health workers who qualify to benefit from the government’s tax-free allowances, would be duly paid. According to him, those who are beneficiaries of the…
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The Ghana AIDS Commission is concerned that about 46,000 people living with HIV have refused treatment, a development that poses serious challenge to the fight against HIV in the country. Latest data from the Commission shows that …
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President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the incentive package for health workers to the end of the year . He made this known in his 19th address on measures taken by the government to stop the spread of Coronavirus in Ghana. Under this…
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Ghana's COVID-19 active case count is rising on the high in recent days as the latest update places the number at 1156. This figure was reached after 198 new cases were recorded. The country’s confirmed cases are 49,202 whiles 47, 726…
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had no symptoms. “I have been…
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana is appealing to the government to roll out insurance packages for families of pharmacists who died in the line of duty following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Society said the families…
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The Ghana Health Service has downplayed suggestions of a looming second wave of COVID-19 infections in the country. According to the Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah-Aboagye, available data does not support the…
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Damongo, the Regional Capital of Savannah Region, on Saturday bubbled with excitement when the sod was cut for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility in the region. The Regional Minister, Mr Salifu Adam Braimah, who…
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