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[ad_1] Health News for Friday, February 5, 2021 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2021-02-05 The University of Ghana Medical Center The University of Ghana Medical Center and Ga East Hospital received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from Lions Club International District 418 at a joint ceremony in Accra. This, according to the Club, is …

[ad_1] Share this with more people! Julien Lacoste, Regional Director for West Africa, Bosch, Ghana on Tuesday urged the public to dispose of used car batteries properly to keep the environment and individual lives safe from their contents. He said lead acid car batteries contain various heavy metals and toxic …

[ad_1] (Monrovia, Liberia, January 31, 2020) The Interministerial Working Group on Sexual Gender Violence (ITSGBV), which is mandated to engage all stakeholders in SGBV and direct prevention and response programs to end Sexual Gender Violence for 2022, has held its preliminary meeting of the second quarter, the first meeting of …

[ad_1] Ghanaian colleagues, good evening. I entered their houses on the 17thth January, to account for our COVID-19 situation, a situation that, according to the data available at that time, was not good. To this end, I asked you, my Ghanaian compatriots, to help contain the spread of the virus …

[ad_1] Twenty-eight more people have died from the new coronavirus, as the country recorded 797 new infections as of January 27. This brings the death toll to 405 and 4,665 active cases, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). In addition, of a cumulative total of 65,427 confirmed cases of …

[ad_1] A policy document on Covid-19 and tobacco use from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Public Health has called for a total ban on the use of shisha in Ghana to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In addition, he called for a ban on the …

[ad_1] Harare, Zimbabwe – On January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to COVID-19. The 61-year-old, who rose to fame after appearing on state television on November 15, 2017 to announce the military coup …

[ad_1] The Secretary General of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has threatened to embark on a strike if the government does not impose restrictions on social gatherings while the increase in active cases of Covid-19 persists. Dr. Justice Yankson, in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM, on Saturday noted that …

[ad_1] This year, 71 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the eastern municipality of New Juaben South.This brings the number of COVID-19 cases in the municipality to 484 with 18 deaths. Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Municipal Health Director Dr. Edmund Ekow Kaitoo said that the …

[ad_1] General news for Saturday, January 30, 2021 Source: 3 News 2021-01-30 Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin More than 60 Ghanaian lawmakers have defied an order from President Alban Bagbin to test for COVID-19. He has expressed concern about the development and asked the other MPs to strictly adhere to …