COVID-19 Updates

World Bank Prepares Emergency Vaccine Financing for Ghana, 20 African Countries

World Bank Prepares Emergency Vaccine Financing for Ghana, 20 African Countries

The World Bank is preparing emergency vaccine financing projects in 21 countries in Africa, including Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Tunisia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde…

25 Children Contracted Coronavirus, Three Die at KATH

25 Children Contracted 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 pandem…

Novavax Says Covid-19 Vaccine is 89% Effective in UK Trial, But Less so in South Africa

Novavax Says Covid-19 Vaccine is 89% Effective in UK Trial, But Less so in South Africa

A new Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax was found to be 89% effective in a clinical trial conducted in the UK and appears to offer protection against some variants of the coronavirus, the American…

Ghana Records 13 Additional Deaths, Active Cases Now 3,940

Ghana Records 13 Additional Deaths, Active Cases Now 3,940

There have been 13 new recorded COVID-19 deaths taking Ghana’s total number of deaths associated with the virus to 399.

Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Works Against Mutations Found in U.K, South Africa Variants, Lab Study Finds

Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Works Against Mutations Found in U.K, South Africa Variants, Lab Study Finds

A Pfizer Inc.  laboratory study found that coronavirus mutations identified in the U. K.

Global Coronavirus Cases Top 100 Million

Global Coronavirus Cases Top 100 Million

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has exceeded 100 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

South Africa Resorts to Temporary Morgues as Coronavirus Deaths Soar

South Africa Resorts to Temporary Morgues as Coronavirus Deaths Soar

The cold hits you first. Then comes the smell. Inside a refrigerated shipping container are 17 plastic-wrapped corpses, each bearing a yellow label reading "highly contagious.

C/R: Police Distribute Nose Masks, Sanitisers to Residents

C/R: Police Distribute Nose Masks, Sanitisers to Residents

The Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, led by its commander, DCOP Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, took to the streets of Cape Coast to distribute nose masks and bottles of hand…

Ghana’s Current Crisis Reflects a Failure of Societal Leadership – Socialists Forum

Ghana’s Current Crisis Reflects a Failure of Societal Leadership – Socialists Forum

A civil Society Group, Socialist Forum of Ghana, has attributed the country’s current crisis in COVID-19 case management and the rapid increase in infections to a breakdown of leadership.

WHO Warns of Severe COVID-19 Related Mental Problems

WHO Warns of Severe COVID-19 Related Mental Problems

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted a surge in severe mental health cases as COVID-19 cases continue to rise worldwide, including in Zimbabwe.