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COVID-19: Asantehene, others take first jab today

      Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, is expected to receive the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday (2 March 2021) in the Ashanti Region as the country begins vaccination for the next two weeks. It follows the successful vaccination of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and vice-president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and their …

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COVID-19: Mass vaccination begins today

  By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah Vaccination begins today Ghana’s mass vaccination exercise against the coronavirus pandemic begins today, Tuesday, 2 March 2021. Some 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the country last week for the vaccination exercise. The exercise will take place in 43 districts with high infection rates. …

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Adopt measures to monitor COVID-19 vaccine recipients – Bureau of Public Safety to gov’t

  Listen to article The Bureau of Public Safety has advised government to consider including a broad system that will monitor and evaluate all recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. “The government should strongly consider including, as part of its vaccination program, a broad system of continuous surveillance to monitor …

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GMA allays fears over side effects of Covid-19 vaccine [Video]

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has allayed fears of Ghanaians over the side effects of the covid-19 vaccine. There have been a lot of conspiracy theories following the arrival of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines in Ghana on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. There have been claims …

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Vaccine not a total cure – GMA warns [Video]

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Titus Beyuo, has said the coronavirus vaccine is not a total cure for the disease. Speaking at ‘the vaccine conversation’ programme hosted by Adom TV on Thursday, Dr Beyuo said even though the country has taken …

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Accept COVID-19 vaccines – GAMLS to its members, public

  by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Ghana today The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has admonished its members and the public to welcome and accept the COVID-19 vaccine. Ghana received 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield) today, …

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COVID-19: 5 more die; active – 6,658, total – 80,253

  By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah Health News So far, 577 people have succumbed to the virus in Ghana Some five more patients have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ghana.  The national death toll is now 577. Also, 598 new cases have been confirmed, according to the Ghana Health Service. The number …

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Absence of these elements make a health facility substandard – HeFRA boss

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo: Doctor The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), Dr Philip Bannor, has announced the minimum requirements for the establishment of hospitals in Ghana. According to Dr Bannor, per the new standards of HeFRA, a hospital should have at least 40 …

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Kumasi: IGP cuts sod for new Police Hospital

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah IGP – James Oppong-Boanuh The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr James Oppong-Boanuh has today, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 laid a foundation stone for work to begin a 50-bed capacity hospital for the Ashanti Regional Police Command. The Project, funded by the Ghana Police Service through contributions from …

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COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases now 2,270 out of 41,212

  By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah     So far, 215 people have died of COVID-19 in Ghana Ghana’s active COVID-19 caseload has fallen to 2,270, the Ghana Health Service has reported.As of the last update of the GHS’ website on Monday, 10 August 2020, 209 new cases had taken the …

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