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Covid-19 protocols reviewed at KIA for international travelers

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has made certain changes to its international travel regulations through Kotoka International Airport. The Service deems it necessary based on the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the wake of the new Omicron variant. “The current increase...

Greater Accra: GHS begins administering Moderna vaccines

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) from today Friday, November 5 begins administering the Moderna vaccines for those yet to receive any Covid-19 jab. According to the GHS, the exercise is scheduled to end on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. GHS said it...

COVID-19 protocols: Unbelievable violation at Sir John’s funeral – Occupy Ghana

Occupy Ghana has expressed unhappiness with what it claims a flagrant disrespect for COVID-19 rules at the burial of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, commonly known as Sir John, former CEO of the Forestry Commission and onetime General Secretary of the...

Senegalese government splashes $110 million on new presidential jet amidst Covid-19 woes

The people of Senegal have denounced the acquisition of a new airplane for President Macky Sall as 'wasteful.' Finance and Budget Minister Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, succumbing to criticism, informed parliament last week that the Airbus A320 neo will cost taxpayers...

‘Sex workers’ in Zimbabwean community accepting maize, beans as payment for services

COVID-19 has hit sex workers very hard in Dema Growth Point, a community in the Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, to the extent of accepting buckets of maize and cups of beans as payment from their cash-strapped male clients. The sex...

British woman dies in Cyprus after AstraZeneca jab

A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the official Cyprus News Agency said Monday. Charalambos Charilaou, spokesperson for the state health services, told CNA that the European...

3 grabbed for stealing and selling Covid-19 vaccines

National Security has arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the stealing and sale of COVISHIELD vaccines belonging to the Government of Ghana. A 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Stephen Dzisenu, is said to...

EU regulator ‘convinced’ AstraZeneca benefit outweighs risk

The European Union’s medicines regulator has said the benefits of using the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 still outweigh the risks of side effects, as a growing number of mostly European countries have halted the use of the jab amid...

No link between AstraZeneca vaccines and blood clot in Ghana yet – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said that there is currently no link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clot yet in Ghana. The FDA in a statement said the most commonly reported adverse events with the vaccines are...
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LGBTQ+ community is not funding National Cathedral project – Rev. Kusi Boateng

The secretary to the board of trustees of the National Cathedral Secretariat Rev. Kusi Boateng, has denied rumours that...