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A Medical Specialist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital, Dr. Ivy Darkwa, is cautioning against people letting their guard down as the COVID-19 restrictions are being eased. She said the flu-like symptom is gradually disappearing taking a new shape of infection, warning that infected people should not wait till when they experience flu. Dr. Darkwa ...

The National Health Insurance Authority has asked staff at it Head Office with underlying health conditions to stay home after eight of its executives including the CEO Dr Lydia Dsane-Selby tested positive for Covid-19. The company is also barring persons who do not work there from entering the premises. This comes after a Starr News exclusive that revealed the Coronavirus ...

Legal practitioner and former National Vice chair aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vida Agyekum Acheampong says it will not be easy for NEIP boss John Kumah to unseat Deputy Roads and Highways Minister Kwabena Owusu Aduome for the Ejisu parliamentary seat in the upcoming NPP primaries. Analysts have described the contest as one of the closest in ...

COVID-19 deaths in Ghana have risen to 66 from 58 since the last count on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The development means 8 patients have died in less than 24hours. Confirmed cases of the virus have also moved to 12,590 from 12,193 while recoveries now stand at 4,410. Below is the regional breakdown of cases Greater Accra Region – 7,419 ...

COVID-19 deaths in Ghana have risen to 66 from 58 since the last count on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The development means 8 patients have died in less than 24hours. Confirmed cases of the virus have also moved to 12,590 from 12,193 while recoveries now stand at 4,410. Below is the regional breakdown of cases Greater Accra Region – 7,419 ...

A Senior Divisional Chief and a member of the Asogli State Council of Chiefs, Togbe Kasa III of Ahoe in the Volta region has called on traditional rulers across the country to speak out on the issues regarding the insistence of the Electoral Commission to compile a new voter’s register, using the Ghana card and passports only as primary documents. ...

Hospitals in the Ashanti Region have been overwhelmed by the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases as the death toll in the region rises to 38 with 2,275 cases reported. Doctors in the region have complained about the inadequacy of PPE to protect medical staff and patients alike. Also, due to the high number of people reporting to the centres with ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has called on President Akufo-Addo to immediately probe the distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health facilities in the region. According to Dr Baidoo, healthcare workers in the region have resorted to purchasing their own PPE to take care of patients as the ones being distributed ...

Ghana’s Coronavirus death toll has increased from 58 to 66 following the demise of 8 patients. This was contained in an update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. According to the GHS, the update is as of June 15. Out of the 8 deaths, 6 came from the Ashanti region while 2 were recorded in the Greater ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has threatened not to include Sarah Adwoa Safo and Mike Oquaye Jr. in his future government if the two cause any confusion in the Dome Kwabenya constituency where they are contesting each other to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the parliamentary candidate for the December elections this year. This was disclosed by Mr ...