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WHO To Probe Ghana’s COVID-19 Peak Claims

  • May 15, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that it will probe Ghana’s COVID-19 data to see whether claims that country has peaked are true or not. At a press briefing on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service stated that Ghana was at its peak of […]

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Ghanaian, Ugandan Scientists Research Into COVID-19 Drugs

  • May 14, 2020

Four scientists — three Ghanaians and a Ugandan — have conducted research into a possible antiviral agent as the drug of choice for the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers are Dr Edward Amoah Boateng, a registered specialist surgeon of the Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi; Mr Richard Owusu Nyarko, a registered senior […]

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UNICEF Supports COVID-19 Fight

  • May 12, 2020

The Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ghana has donated 10 oxygen concentrators and medical accessories to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to support the national COVID-19 response effort. The medical accessories included 3,000 nasal prongs of different sizes for neonates, 110 pulse oximeters for both children and adults, 140 oxygen tubings, […]

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Israeli Envoy Lauds President Akufo-Addo

  • May 12, 2020

The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Shani Cooper, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government for the manner in which they are handling the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19). She said the leadership was doing great and had been straightforward, firm and decisive. Speaking to the Daily Graphic in an interview in Accra, […]