HEALTH

Government has calmed fears over the implementation of a new COVID-19 discharge policy. The policy, which is in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) revised recommendations allows for asymptomatic COVID-19 persons to be…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public against purchasing or stocking dexamethasone following news of the drug helping to reduce the number of deaths in COVID-19 patients on ventilators and oxygen in the United Kingdom.…
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Ghana has recorded 290 new COVID-19 cases. This brings to 14,007, the total number of people who have tested positive for the virus in Ghana. A total of 10,470 people have also recovered from the virus, leaving the country’s active…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public against purchasing or stocking dexamethasone following news of the drug helping to reduce the number of deaths in COVID-19 patients on ventilators and oxygen in the United Kingdom.…
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Ghana’s confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 12,929. This is according to Dr Badu Sarkodie of the Ghana Health Service. Addressing journalists at the information ministry on Thursday, June 18, he said total recoveries are now…
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The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana has threatened to withdraw their services by halting the supply of drugs to the various healthcare facilities funded by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) from the 1st of…
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The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is to operate at half capacity after majority of its doctors and nurses were exposed to a COVID-19 case. A memo dated Friday, June 12, from the Head of…
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President Akufo-Addo is warning that anyone found in public space without a face mask will be arrested by the Police. He said the act constituted an offence and the Police have been instructed to enforce this directive, which was the…
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The total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 8 million Monday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed that the global tally of fatalities had reached…
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The EU’s health ministers’ meeting on Friday stressed the need to jointly invest in a coronavirus vaccine. “We have to act fast and we have to invest up-front in vaccine development to ensure that vaccines are being produced at the scale…
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