Health

[ad_1] The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, announced Tuesday that the country has the highest recovery rate of Covid-19 due to comprehensive standards set by the Service. Dr. Kuma-Aboagye said that about 130 patients were awaiting their second positive tests to declare complete recovery …

[ad_1] Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says Ghana is ready for the digitized economy, which would be the new global norm after the Covid-19 pandemic. During the launch of the Integrated ICT System of the Center for Microfinance and Small Loans (MASLOC), Dr. Bawumia indicated that the current global health crisis …

[ad_1] Pioneer Food Cannery in Tema has resumed, albeit partially after it closed for three weeks when 533 of its workers tested positive for coronavirus disease. An internal memo signed by the company’s plant manager Johnny Ladouce on May 9 for all workers announced that the factory would resume partial …

[ad_1] The Northern Region has recorded its first COVID-19 death. The death of the patient, a female believed to be in her 70s died at the Tamale Central Hospital (TCH) on Monday, May 11, 2020 while on admission. Her sample tested at the Public Health Reference Laboratory (PHRL) at the …

[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that he is on Elon Musk’s side in the Tesla CEO fight with local officials over the reopening of the company’s car manufacturing plant in Alameda County, California, south of San Francisco. “I think he is absolutely right,” Cramer said, in reaction to Musk …

[ad_1] The Northern Region has confirmed three more covid-19 cases. This brings its total number of cases to 19. One of the three patients, an 80-year-old woman, has however died at the Tamale Central hospital. The deceased was on admission at the Tamale central hospital for treatment of Pneumonia. After …

[ad_1] Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya defended Elon Musk’s reopening of Tesla facilities, defying local government orders, and told CNBC on Tuesday that local, state and government officials should be clearer in establishing regulations in the midst of the pandemic. “The federal government has this specific set of guidelines. People …

[ad_1] GCB Bank Ltd has donated 40 giant water storage tanks to the Ministry of Local Government for distribution to the markets of Accra, Tema and other parts of the country. The Ministry will distribute the tanks among the selected Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies for allocation to the beneficiary …

[ad_1] Ghana’s budget deficit will exceed 5% of GDP in 2020, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. This, he said, became apparent after a cabinet retreat led by President Akufo-Addo. In informing the press on Tuesday, Oppong Nkrumah said the slide is the result of a massive cut in …

[ad_1] Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye The Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi Regions remain the two major hotspot regions of COVID-19 cases in Ghana. In the Greater Accra Region, the four main districts where majority of the region’s cases have been recorded are in the …