Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened depression and anxiety around the world, and these conditions could rise in the coming months without increased investment in mental health services, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is already extremely concerning,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO. “Social isolation, fear of contagion, and ...

Ghana’s confirmed cases of the global pandemic, the Coronavirus have risen to 5,408, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. The number of recoveries now stands at 514 with 24 deaths. The current development shows that as of Wednesday, May 13, 2020 the country has recorded 281 more positive cases of COVID-19 while 20 more patients have recovered. Two more casualties have also been recorded. ...

Ghana’s case count of the novel Coronavirus has jumped to 4700, president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. The recoveries have also shot up to 494. He made this announcement during his ninth televised address to the nation on Sunday, May 10, 2020. As of Sunday, 9.30 pm, Ghana had conducted 160,501 tests and with total infections of 4,700 and 494 recoveries. The number ...

Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih in a statement issued in Wa says the Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) ravages the region has so far claimed 44 lives. The Minister indicated that 30 cases with one death were recorded over the past two weeks, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 303 with 44 deaths. It identified ...

Seven cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West region bringing the regions case count from eight to 17 in less than a week. This includes two males and five females who have tested positive of the deadly virus. The Municipal Chief Executive for Sissala East, Hon. Karim Nanyua who made the announcement ...

As the global search for COVID-19 treatment heats up in various laboratories, different antiviral and other drugs are being used by medical practitioners to help infected people recover. Some of these drugs have proven to be efficacious in aiding the recuperation of more than one million people out of the over 3.35 million cases recorded as of yesterday. Unfortunately, over 230,000 people ...

Ghana has now recorded 2,719 cases of COVID-19 and 65 additional recoveries making a total of 294, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The death toll however remains the same at 18. This is the largest the country has recorded so far in one batch. Meanwhile, the Ghana Health Service is still embarking on a massive testing and contact tracing exercise ...

Three persons suspected to have contracted the coronavirus have been quarantined in the Ashanti region. Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Oheneba Owusu Danso, said samples have been taken from them for testing. Dr. Danso disclosed this at a press conference organised but the regional health directorate in Kumasi, today, Monday, 23 March 2020. The ...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for a temporary break in political activities in the media and instead use that effort to collectively fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The King expressed concern over the devastating effects of the pandemic, saying the virus requires serious attention. The Otumfuo, therefore, entreated all the major ...

As the coronavirus spread around the world and with rising number of confirmed cases in Africa, the government of Ghana is set to impose stricter controls at its border checks to curtail the spread of the virus. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in a televised presidential address on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Health has been directed to designate ...