The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) of the University of Ghana believes the huge number of asymptomatic cases of the new Delta variant poses a severe risk with attendant devastation than the previous two waves of COVID-19.
Consequently, it has impressed on government to take a second look...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on governments to take action to address the high cost of COVID-19 tests in several jurisdictions.
IATA also urged flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to more expensive PCR tests.
According to IATA’s most recent traveler survey,...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has bemoaned the heightened level of COVID-19 infections in the country over the past few weeks… criticising government for negligence.
According to him, government has shifted all its attention...
No business leader would have predicted that this era in history would bring with it a pandemic, economic turmoil, international employment crisis, and consequent widespread health implications. Even as the recovery process has gained momentum through 2021, COVID-19 has left an indelible mark on the way we live and...
The Parliament of Ghana has approved a loan agreement facility of US$200million from the World Bank as additional financing for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project.
The facility is expected to enable the rolling out of a mass vaccination programme in the country, as a number of individuals...
Africa is not winning its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as a third virus wave sweeps the continent and countries struggle to access enough vaccines for their populations, Africa CDC director John Nkengasong said on Thursday.
The COVAX programme co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for fair distribution of...
The African Finance Ministers and the World Bank Group met on Monday to fast-track vaccine acquisition on the continent and avoid a third wave. In a boost to the African Union’s target to vaccinate 60% of the continent’s population by 2022, the World Bank and the AU announced that...
Following Frontiers Services Limited’s reports of increasing cases of COVID-19 at Kotoka International Airport (KIA), Occupy Ghana issued a statement. They identified the following problems;
Travellers arriving in the country from high-risk countries;
Travellers arriving with fake PCR test results;
Non-availability of quarantine facilities for large numbers of travellers;
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Although the Coronavirus pandemic has increased government expenditure and negatively affected revenue generation, it offers an opportunity to improve on existing health infrastructure, Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has said.
He said despite the pandemic posing a serious challenge to government quest to meet its budgetary demands, giant strides have...
Economies, firms, and societies across the world have been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications. The pandemic has brought to the fore the interconnectedness of economics, technology and health and its impact on the world we live in. There were supply chain disruptions owing to factory shutdowns,...