Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, the Rector of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the early hours of Friday succumbed to complications from COVID-19, at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, where he had been on a short admission. Dr Justice Yankson, the General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, (GMA) confirming the news of his … The post Ghana loses top physician
The Management of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has called on water vendors to continue their regular operations to provide free water to their clients. A statement signed by Mr Worlanyo Kwadj Siabi, the Chief Executive of CWSA, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the instruction was part of measures taken … The post CWSA provides
Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has killed 37 people in the Upper West Region out of a total number of 247 cases recorded in the Region in the last 13 weeks giving a case fatality rate of 15.4 per cent. Providing an update on the disease, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, indicated … The post 37 die out of 247 recorded cases of CSM
The World Health Organization will soon publish its Technical Strategy update to form the Second Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for the containment of the novel Coronavirus. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, who announced this at a media briefing said the strategy would address the circumstances in lower- and middle-income countries and … The post WHO
Irate members of Efutu in the Cape Coast Metropolis on Thursday, took to the street to demonstrate against the decision by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to use a Senior High School in the community as an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients. The community members, numbering about three hundred chanted war songs and blocked the … The post Cape
Lance Corporal Francisca Tengey of the Tema Regional Police DOVVSU who is stationed at one of the COVID-19 snap checkpoints in Tema Newtown, has been shot by a naval officer on Thursday. Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu, Acting Tema Regional Police Public Relations Officer, told the media that the Regional Command received information on the … The post Policewoman
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday urged Ghanaians to celebrate the Easter holidays apart, stay at home and curtail all manner of celebrations, to halt the spread of COVID-19. He said just like Jesus Christ paid the price for the salvation of mankind on the cross of Calvary, the season should be leveraged as “a … The post Ghanaians asked to celebrate Easter
Ghana’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 stands at 378, with six deaths, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, announced on Thursday. Two patients remain in critical condition but four have fully recovered. President Akufo-Addo explained that so far, 79 per cent of the 378 confirmed cases were imported, thus a justification of the travel restrictions the Government … The post Ghana
Government will fully absorb the electricity bills for all lifeline consumers for the next three months, beginning April, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, announced Thursday. This, he explained, covered persons who consumed 0-50 Kilowatts hours per month for this period. Additionally, the President announced, the Government would pay 50 percent of the electricity bill for … The post Free
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the restriction on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week beginning 0100 Hours, Monday, April 13, 2020. In his sixth national address to give an update on the coronavirus containment, the President said whilst the efforts that have been made to arrest and minimize the spread … The post Ghana
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Thursday said over GH¢207.5 million has been paid to credentialed service providers. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said Public health facilities received GH¢106.4 million, representing 51.3 per cent of the payments while Private Service Providers had over GH¢57.8 million, which is about 27.9 per cent. … The post NHIA
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