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COVID-19: Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana expresses worry over increasing cases

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has expressed concern over the increasing number of new cases of Covid-19 over the past few weeks.The PSGH...

Covid: Half of Australians in lockdown again to fight Delta outbreak

Anger is growing in Australia as 13 million people - about half the population - endure fresh lockdowns to quash Covid outbreaks.A third state...

Sputnik V Vaccine deal: Agyeman-Manu must resign or be sacked – CSO

The African Center for Health Policy Research and Analysis believes the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, must no longer be at post after he side-stepped...

Covid-19 third wave imminent if…- GHS warns

The Director-General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, says a third wave is imminent if the current disregard for Covid-19 safety protocols,...

Govt has terminated Sputnik vaccines contract with middleman – Minister [Audio]

The Health Minister says the government’s contract with middle-man Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum to supply the country with Sputnik V vaccines has been...

Covid in Namibia: ‘Fifteen of my relatives have died’

Former Namibian football star Marley Ngarizemo has lost 15 relatives including his father, brother, sister-in-law and an aunt since the third wave of Covid...

GHS fights off reports of ICU beds shortage

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has dismissed reports of beds shortage at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Accra's major hospitals as covid-19 cases...

COVID-19: Nigeria records first confirmed case of deadly Delta variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2.A statement released...

Covid-19: Ghana records 652 cases in 38 days

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Ghana has increased by 652 in less than two months.In 38 days, Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases...

Covid-19: Parliament approves additional $200 million loan

Parliament has approved an amount of US$200 dollars as additional financing for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project.The Financing Agreement is between...

Delta variant fueling Africa third wave – WHO

Along with Alpha and Beta, Delta is fuelling an aggressive third wave across Africa, with case numbers climbing faster than all earlier peaks, according...

Covid-19: Ghana’s active cases hit 1,674

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has risen to 1,674, according to latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service.Of that number,...

Alarm as 800 Ugandans get fake Covid-19 jab

More than 800 people and an undisclosed number of clients from several companies based in the Kampala Metropolitan Area received fake Covid-19 jabs last...

Covid-19: Delta variant recorded in Ghanaian community

Ghana has recorded its first case of the covid-19 Delta variant within a community, the Ministry of Information has announced.According to the Ministry, the...

Sputnik vaccines: Speaker admits Minority’s motion for probe into deal

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admitted a motion filed by seven Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) who are asking for a bi-partisan Committee...

Coca-Cola donates GHS373K to Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund

Coca-Cola Bottling Company Limited has donated GHS373,999 to the Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund to help fight the pandemic.In 2020, Coca-Cola partnered with the...

Covid vaccines donated to African countries are not recognised by EU travel certificate

The African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have voiced "concern" after it emerged that Europe's digital 'green pass' does...

Life as a frontline worker, homemaker amid covid-19 – The story of Dr Hilda Boye

Many people all over the world have been quite anxious about the global covid-19 pandemic and so was Dr Hilda Boye, a paediatrician at...

COVID-19: Duncan-Williams curses Delta variant

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has cursed the Delta variant of the coronavirus which is wreaking havoc in the world.The variant has ravaged Indian and...

COVID-19: Checkout countries on UK’s red list

Uganda will be added to the UK’s travel “red list” of high-risk Covid-19 countries from 30 June.This means travellers from Uganda will not be...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 794

Four more persons have succumbed to Covid-19, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).The GHS, in its latest update, said the country’s death toll...

Sputnik vaccines: Minority files motion for probe into deal

The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion for a bipartisan probe into the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia through middlemen.Ghana, through...

Total cost of govt’s Covid-19 free water revealed

The government is expected to spend GHS 896 million towards the payment of the Covid-19 free water supply to Ghanaians.The Sanitation and Water Resources...

AstraZeneca, Sputnik V vaccines potent against Covid-19 Delta variant – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has rejected claims that the vaccines procured by Ghana are not potent against the new Delta variant of the...

I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for Covid-19?

Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had...

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Ghana by August

Ghana is expected to receive its first batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines in August.This follows the approval by Ghana’s Food and Drugs...

COVID-19: Akufo-Addo admits challenges in vaccine procurement

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akufo-Addo admits government is facing challenges in procurement of Covid-19 vaccinesPresident Akufo-Addo has admitted that government is facing challenges in the procurement...

Ghana set to produce its own vaccine [Video]

The Presidential Advisor on Health has hinted that Ghana is set to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines.Speaking to Emefa Apau on JoyNews’ The Probe,...

Covid-19: World Bank supports Ghana with $200m for vaccines

World Bank has approved a $200 million Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project Second Additional Financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccines for...

New twist to Ghana’s Sputnik V vaccines purchase

Government has amended the price at which it is buying Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines from supplier, S. L. Global Limited.In an amended agreement sighted...

Covid-19: Check out how much has been made from KIA testing

An amount of $17.3 million was realised between September and December 2020, from covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport.According to the Transport Minister,...

Ghana’s Sputnik V vaccine middleman an ex-convict; wanted for fraud – Norwegian newspaper alleges

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghana’s Sputnik V vaccine middleman an ex-convict; wanted for fraudIt has emerged that one of Ghana’s intermediaries negotiating for the procurement of...

Why govt can’t deal with Sputnik V producers directly [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why govt can't deal with Sputnik V producers directlyGovernment's inability to procure the Sputnik V vaccines directly from the Russian government has...

US ‘to buy 500 million Covid vaccine doses for world’

US President Joe Biden’s administration will provide 500 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to about 100 countries over the next two years,...

COVID-19: Most MPs yet to get second vaccine jab

JoyNews/AdomNews · COVID-19: Most MP yet to get second vaccine jabIt has emerged that most Members of Parliament (MPs) have not taken their second...

COVID-19: MP tests positive in Parliament

JoyNews/AdomNews · Parliament to roll out fresh measures to protect MPs from Covid–19A Member of Parliament has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. Parliament is...

Sir John’s funeral: GMA demands action against organisers, attendees

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is with immediate effect calling on the police to investigate and deal with the organisers and attendees of Sir...

Trump orders China to pay $10 trillion over COVID-19 crisis

Donald Trump has ordered China to pay "10 trillion dollars" to the United States (US) for the "death and destruction" caused by the Covid...

The coronavirus surges across Africa as vaccine programs flounders

A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the World Health Organization warned...

Government to embark on aggressive domestic revenue mobilisation drive to mitigate Covid-19 impact

Ghanaians should be prepared to pay more taxes as the government seeks to embark on an aggressive domestic revenue mobilization drive to mitigate the...