HEALTH

The Leader of Risk Communication for Covid-19 at Ghana Health Service, (GHS) Dr Da Costa Aboagye has said, adherence to safety protocols in the only bitter pill we all have to take to reduce the increasing cases of Covid-19 infections in…
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Some types of viral infections can also trigger asthma. Two of the most likely culprits are respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza virus. Tobacco smoke is also a risk factor for asthma in children and a common trigger of…
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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed deep condolences over the death of four of its members who have died after being infected with COVID-19. The first is a consultant physician and former Rector of the Ghana College of…
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Ghana has recorded a total of 496 new cases of coronavirus. Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Aboagye, made this known to the media on Thursday, at a news briefing in Accra. He says the Greater Accra Region was…
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COVID-19 deaths in Ghana now stand at 117 with 4,467 active cases and 13,550 recoveries, the Ghana Health Service has announced on its website. A total of 300,520 tests have so far been conducted ever since Ghana recorded its first cases…
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A Deputy Minister for Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has justified the government’s decision to comply with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendation to discharge persons with COVID-19. According to him, the World Health…
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Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has paid a working visit to four Covid-19 treatment and holding centres under construction in the Greater Accra Region. The facilities are located in Shai-Osudoku District Hospital, Pantang Learning…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) with the assistance of the Police Drug Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police CID has seized a total of 431 bottles of unregistered herbal drugs purported to be a cure for Covid-19. The fake medicinal…
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Ghana has recorded some 319 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus. The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye made this known on Tuesday, June 30. He said the cases were recorded in 41 districts. About 217 of…
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is not even close to being over. It has now been six months since the first cases of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness were reported in Wuhan,…
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