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COVID-19 vaccination campaign underway

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun another phase of national COVID-19 vaccination campaign across the country from July 3, 2024. The Service targets to...

COVID-19: Ghana Health Service reminds public of ongoing vaccination exercise

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and partners under the Ministry of Health have reminded members of the public about the ongoing National COVID-19 Vaccination...

GHS to embark on COVID-19 vaccination exercise

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is set to embark on a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The exercise to take place between May 7 and...

German patient vaccinated against Covid 217 times

A 62-year-old man from Germany has, against medical advice, been vaccinated 217 times against Covid, doctors report. The bizarre case is documented in The Lancet...

WHO warns of new covid-19 variant

A sub-variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been classified as a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization, because of "its...

US First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19

US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House says. The 72-year-old, who is...

Doctor, wife charged for $1.3M COVID-19 loan fraud scheme

A Nevada (USA) doctor and his wife have been charged with fraudulently obtaining about $1.3 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans through the US...

Supreme Court strikes out law that allowed govt to impose restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision declared as unconstitutional the law that allowed government to impose restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Parliament in...

Parliamentary committee to begin public hearing into Covid-19 expenditure

The Parliamentary Health Committee is expected to begin a public hearing on the Covid-19 expenditure. Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, who announced this,...

Health Ministry moves to renegotiate COVID-19 vaccine contract

The Ministry of Health has given an assurance that efforts are being made to renegotiate the vaccine acquisition contract with the African Vaccine Acquisition...

NDC must commend A-G’s office for transparency – Former MP

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Ebenezer Nartey, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to commend the Auditor-General. According to him, the...

Covid-19: Ghana Health Service warns of new variant

The Ghana Health Service (GHS), ahead of the yuletide, has warned a new variant of COVID-19 could be recorded if the necessary protocols are...

Gender Ministry nominee clears air on allegation of conflict of interest [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Deputy Gender Minister designate denies allegation of conflict of interest in purchase of sanitisers The Deputy Minister for Gender and Social Protection nominee,...

Coronavirus may spread from corpses – Scientists report

Like a zombie in a horror film, the coronavirus can persist in the bodies of infected patients well after death, even spreading to others,...

Ghana Health Service resumes Covid-19 vaccination exercise ahead of Christmas

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun another phase of the covid-19 vaccination exercise which is the fifth ahead of Christmas and New Year...

Covid: Chinese TV censors shots of maskless World Cup fans

The phrase “football is nothing without fans” has become so accepted as to be cliché among some commentators. But Chinese state TV has been...

KCCR records zero cases of COVID-19 samples in two months

The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) has recorded zero positive cases of Covid-19 in the past two months. Virologist, Dr Michael...

KIA revises COVID-19 guidelines for passengers

There has been a revision of the COVID-19 guidelines for passengers entering Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).The revision of the guidelines by...

WHO hands over Covid-19 facility to Ministry of Health [Photos]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over the United Nations COVID-19 Field Hospital in Ghana to the Ministry of Health (MoH). The construction...

Covid-19: 245 cases recorded in 13 schools

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that 13 schools have so far recorded new cases of the coronavirus. This development has forced the...

Bagbin sends strong message to Ofori-Atta over Covid-19 funds

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has ruled that the House will not consider any request from the Finance Ministry until Ken Ofori-Atta appears before...

WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond...

Covid: US to drop test requirement for air travellers

The US will no longer require air travellers to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test before entering the country from abroad. Officials said they...

COVID-19: Ghana records 62 new cases; active cases hit 370

Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases are on a steady rise again months after the government lifted almost all the restrictions, including the wearing of face...

North Korea: Fighting Covid with tea and saltwater

North Korea is grappling with the spread of Covid in an unvaccinated population, without access to effective anti-viral drugs. In early 2020, the country sealed...

COVID-19: Indonesia relaxes nose mask wearing and foreign traveler restrictions

As the world try to rejuvenate against the ravages of COVID-19, many countries have relaxed restrictions put in place to reduce the spread of...

Covid-19: Check out the 15 regions with no active cases

Ghana's Covid-19 active case count has dropped to 47, following the easing of COVID-19 protocols over a month ago. These cases according to the...

North Korea announces first death from Covid-19

North Korea has confirmed its first death from Covid-19, with state media adding that tens of thousands more are experiencing fever symptoms. Six people died...

North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases

North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. State media have reported an Omicron outbreak in the capital,...

WAHO selects 5 firms to manufacture vaccines for ECOWAS countries

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO), an organ of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is working with five potential vaccine manufacturers...

COVID-19: World death toll nearly 15 million – WHO says

The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. That is 13% more deaths...

WHO to visit Mampong Centre for Plant Medicine Research over local covid-19 vaccine

Some executives of the World Health Organisation (WHO) are expected to visit Mampong Centre for Plant Medicine Research to check the progress of the...

Shanghai Covid lockdown extended to entire city

Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases. Until now, there...

New drug that prevents you from catching Covid-19 gets green light in Europe

British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced on Monday its antibody-drug Evusheld, which is taken pre-emptively to prevent Covid-19, has been approved in the European Union. The treatment, administered...

SONA 2022: First phase of local commercial vaccine production to start in 2024 – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has indicated the first phase of the local commercial vaccine production will commence in January 2024. In view of this, a bill will...

Get vaccinated, continue observing Covid-19 protocols despite easing of restrictions – UG Management

The University of Ghana (UG) management has charged students and staff of the School to continue observing all Covid-19 preventive protocols, despite the easing...

Aviation Expert speaks on unfavourable COVID-19 testing regime at KIA

Ghana’s unfavourable COVID-19 testing regime at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) could drive away international travellers and consequently affect the airport’s status as the...

6 African nations to get mRNA vaccine technology

The World Health Organization has announced that six African countries will be given the revolutionary mRNA technology to set up their own vaccine production...

Covid-19: Ghana’s death toll now 1,431

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that as of February 8, the country’s total Covid-19 death toll stood at 1,431. From February 5 –...

Covid-19: GHS records 7 deaths in 2 days

Seven people died of Covid-19 from February 2 to 3, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. As of February 1, the GHS reported 1,412...