Coronavirus Updates
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Ghana rolls out digital verification of covid-19 test results
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service are implementing the digitisation of COVID-19 test results for ease of verification prior to travel and upon arrival in the country. A statement ma…
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At least 12 EU countries confident of July vaccine target -EU’s Breton
At least 12 of the European Union’s 27 member states have said they are confident of being able to vaccinate 70% of their adult population by mid-July, the EU executive’s vaccine task force chief sai…
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U.S. CDC expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 16 and older
People aged 16 years and above who have underlying medical conditions that increase the risk of serious, life-threatening complications from COVID-19, should be among those offered the vaccine first,…
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AstraZeneca vaccine only lasts for 12 weeks – GHS Dir-General reveals
Director-General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye has reassured the recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines of its efficacy to fight the viral disease. Dr. Patrick Kuma…
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Coronavirus death toll peaks at 771, with over 1,300 active cases
Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 771, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service indicate. Some 46 new cases were also confirmed. The active caseload now stands at 1,334. Out of that, 3…
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GHS says covid-19 cases have been recorded in over 340 schools since reopening
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has disclosed that 345 schools have recorded Covid-19 cases since re-opening. Dr Kuma-Aboagye said this at a press briefing i…
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Canada’s Ontario to dish out AstraZeneca COVID vaccine as epidemic rages
The Canadian province of Ontario will begin offering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to people turning 40 or older this year, according to a government source. The change will broaden acces…
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Israel reopen schools, rescinds mandatory outdoor mask requirement
Israel rescinded the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and fully reopened schools on Sunday in the latest return to relative normality, boosted by a mass-vaccination campaign against the COVID…
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Brazil urges women to abstain from pregnancy as new variant is more deadly
Health officials in Brazil have urged women to postpone pregnancy until the coronavirus pandemic has passed because the new variants of the virus is more dangerous to expectant mothers. The Secretary…
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Guatemala travel-bans Brazil, UK and South Africa over Covid-19 fears
Guatemala will restrict entry to visitors who have recently been to Brazil, the United Kingdom and South Africa in an effort to control a jump in coronavirus cases, President Alejandro Giammattei sai…