Coronavirus Updates
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Three teacher, 26 students contract coronavirus at AIS
A total of twenty-nine (29 ) persons made up of 26 students and 3 teachers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Akosombo International School (Ais) in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region. T…
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Ashanti Region confiems 175 fresh covid-19 cases in three days
The Ashanti Region has recorded 175 new cases of COVID-19 between January 31 and February 2, bringing the cumulative cases in the region to 12,619. A total of 11,635 have, however, recovered out of t…
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8-month-old baby contract coronavirus at Tamale Teaching Hospital
An eight-month-old baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region. Also, a one-year-old baby has tested positive in the Region. In the case of the eight-…
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Zipline drones have delivered more than 1m covid vaccine doses to hard-to-reach areas of Ghana
As gathered by GhanaTalksRadio, the world’s first and only national scale drone delivery service, Zipline has announced the delivery of over 1 million program vaccine doses to rural and hard-to-reach…
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Drug giant Pfizer looks to make $15bn in coronavirus vaccine sales
Drugs giant Pfizer has said it expects $15bn (£11bn) of sales this year of the Coronavirus vaccine it developed with German firm BioNTech. The vaccine was one of the first to be authorised for use by…
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UK variant of COVID-19 is spreading faster in Ghana – Ghana Health Service
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the new COVID-19 variants from the United Kingdom (UK) are spreading faster and widely among the Ghanaian population, with higher disease burden. The GHS says the …
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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective against coronavirus
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing COVID-19, according to peer-reviewed results from its late-stage clinical trial published in The Lancent internatio…
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You are free to marry and bury; funeral or wedding parties banned – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has clarified that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent ban on social gathering activities such as weddings, does not stop people from get…
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President Akufo-Addo’s advisor outlines Ghana’s coronavirus vaccination plans
Dr Nsiah-Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health has disclosed how the government intends to roll out the vaccination plan. Ghana, as announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected …
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Chinese police bust fake COVID-19 vaccine syndicate; thousands of doses confiscated
Chinese police arrested more than 80 people and confiscated over 3,000 fake doses of COVID-19 vaccine as part of a campaign to combat vaccine-related crimes, state news agency Xinhua reported. The su…