Global health leaders are meeting for the first time ever virtually to review ongoing international response to the Covid-19 pandemic. On Monday and Tuesday envoys from 194 of the World Health Organization’s member states will meet virtually for the 73rd assembly of the UN body. Over 4.5 million people have been infected with Covid-19 since December last […]
The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned, at a crucial moment for the global economy. Roberto Azevedo’s surprise departure comes as the WTO faces the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and criticism from US President Donald Trump. Global trade has slumped and the world […]
The United Nations is projecting a tough 2020 for emerging economies like Ghana. Accordingly, the current fiscal situation brought about by the coronavirus is “tighter now” for most developing countries than it was during the global financial crisis a decade ago. Ghana is expected to lose about GHS9 billion in tax revenue alone this year. This […]
The China International Water and Electricity Corporation has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth about GH¢100,000 to the Ministry of Energy to help in the fight against COVID-19. The items were 20,000 pieces of face masks, 450 bottles and 20 small pieces of hand sanitizers, and 300 packs of tissue. This was in a statement […]
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 […]
China has revealed its plans to upgrade its medical and health aid programs for Africa and help the continent complete projects in the health sector such as the Headquarters of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Africa’s collaboration with China to curb further spread of the coronavirus over the past months has become […]
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 […]
The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus may become endemic within communities just like HIV/AIDS and other ailments. Its officials have now said that the virus may live with mankind and may never go away, which requires collective efforts at defeating it. WHO emergencies expert Dr. Mike Ryan told an online briefing on Wednesday from […]
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, […]
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, […]
