Coronavirus Updates
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GES disburse 10 million facemasks to schools; two face masks per student
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has distributed 10 million facemasks to schools, with each student entitled to two reusable masks per semester. It also distributed 9.9 million hand sanitizers, 1.65…
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My penis has refused to stand – Recovered covid-19 patient cries out
A 54-year-old COVID-19 recovered patient, Kwaku Drah, has revealed that he is suffering from erectile dysfunction after recovering from coronavirus. Drah was diagnosed with the coronavirus infection …
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Speaker Bagbin says a number of MPs have contracted the coronavirus
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has disclosed that some MPs have tested positive for COVID-19, although he will not name them due to confidentiality. He said that while there remain some Members…
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British citizens stuck on vacation as country bans direct to and fro flights from UAE
Britain is banning direct passenger flights to and from the United Arab Emirates from Friday, shutting down the world’s busiest international airline route from Dubai to London. Britain said it was a…
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Twenty-five children test positive for coronavirus, three die at KATH
The Child Health Directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s second-largest health referral facility, has recorded 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pande…
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GMA says recovered coronavirus victims also likely to suffer infertility
As earlier reported by GhanaTalksRadio, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA)’s Vice President, Dr Frank Serebour, revealed that erectile dysfunction in males form part of many health complications fac…
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Coronavirus ravaging the middle and upper-middle class – GHS reveals
In a report by GhanaTalksRadio, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has revealed that many of the active cases of the coronavirus in Ghana are still among th…
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Australia extends its suspension of quarantine-free travel with New Zealand
Australia on Thursday extended its suspension of quarantine-free travel with New Zealand, as the Pacific Island nation investigated two new positive cases of the South African COVID-19 variant. Austr…
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UK set to review quarantine country list today
Britain will review a list of countries affected by quarantine measures, senior minister Michael Gove said on Thursday, after the country announced plans for some travellers to have to stay for 10 da…
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WHO-led team investigating coronavirus origin in China’s Wuhan kick off field work
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chine…