Health

[ad_1] A volunteer enforcing the use of face masks at the Kwame Nkrumah exchange Despite persistent calls for the public to wear face masks when outdoors as a means of stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), people are blatantly ignoring the call and behaving as if they no …

[ad_1] When the first reports of a serious respiratory illness hit the media a year ago, it was some time before we, humanity, realized the serious impact this phenomenon would have on our lives. Information and misinformation were prominent factors in those early days. Was this COVID-19 virus, as we …

[ad_1] The new variant has a number of mutations, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on Saturday that the new strain “may spread more quickly” and is responsible for 60% of new infections in London. On Monday, an epidemiologist with …

[ad_1] General news for Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Source: GNA 2020-12-22 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is receiving reports from the COVID-19 Technical Working Group on limited reopening of schools and would make a firm decision on reopening schools in January 2021 after a cabinet …

[ad_1] President Akufo-Addo is receiving reports from the Covid-19 Technical Working Group on limited school reopenings. On this basis, he is supposed to make a firm decision on reopening the school in January 2021 after a cabinet meeting on December 30. At a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, Information …

[ad_1] Ghana has been selected as the production base for Aphro Beverages, a pan-African beverage company that launched its first product, Aphro, on Saturday 19 December in Accra. The owners of the new alcoholic beverage brand have also hired a local team that has overseen product development, Research and Development …

[ad_1] General news for Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Source: GNA 2020-12-22 CHRI presented personal protective equipment to some police stations in Accra and Kumasi The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an international NGO, has donated a variety of personal protective equipment (PPE) to some police stations in Accra and Kumasi. …

[ad_1] Business News for Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Source: GNA 2020-12-22 Mr Christian Wollnik, a team leader at GIZ interacting with the participants in the training session Christian Wollnik, a team leader at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has observed that the garment industry could become a work force …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: This list was current as of 12 p.m. ET on December 21. (CNN) – Countries around the world are imposing bans and restrictions on travel from the UK. to stop the transmission of a variant of the coronavirus that, according to health authorities, may spread faster than …

[ad_1] The new variant will be called VUI-202012/01, the first “Variant under Investigation” in the UK in December 2020. While scientists are seeking more information on the variant, its impact is already being felt. This is what you need to know. A variant occurs when the genetic makeup of a …