Tag: COVID-19 patients
International community pledges aid to blasts-stricken Lebanon
The international community has pledged immediate humanitarian relief worth over 252 million euros (297.08 million U.S. dollars) to Lebanon, whose capital Beirut was rocked...
COVID-19: African Mining Services support Municipal Health Directorate
African Mining Services (AMS) Ghana has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs ) to the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Health Directorate to help curb the spread of...
Hong Kong opens first makeshift hospital as virus spread worsens
A makeshift hospital at the AsiaWorld-Expo, a venue near the Hong Kong International Airport, began receiving COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms since Saturday afternoon,...
COVID-19: Ashcell supports KATH frontline workers
Ashcell Limited, Ashanti Region authorized distributors of MTN Ghana, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline workers of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital...
COVID-19: NCCE condemns public stigmatization of recovered patients
Mr. Eric Adu, the Acting Ahafo Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has condemned stigmatization and discrimination of people who...
Kenya’s COVID-19 patients get solace from online groups amid self-isolation
Staying in self-isolation for at least 14 days as one recovers from COVID-19 at home can be a very lonely experience.
While one stays in...
GHS to publish outcome of Hydroxychloroquine use on COVID-19 patients
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is monitoring the performance of the Hydroxychloroquine use for treating COVID-19 patients and will soon share the...
NCCE calls for an end to stigmatization of COVID- 19 patients
Ms Tickler Asante, the Kwahu South District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged Ghanaians to accept and show love...
COVID-19: All patients in Upper East recovered and discharged
Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Deputy Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, has said all 279...
Government completes expansion of Kumasi South hospital
Government has completed the expansion of the Kumasi South District Hospital to enhance quality healthcare delivery, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana...
Smartphone app tracks COVID-19 patients under quarantine in West Bank
Authorities in the southern West Bank district of Hebron have developed a smartphone application to track Palestinians infected with COVID-19.
After the recorded patients download...
Stigmatization major hurdle to contact-tracing in Kenya’s COVID-19 fight
A COVID-19 patient in Kenya who recently posted on social media a video of himself in hospital in the hope that he would sensitize...
S. Africa’s daily confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000 mark for days
South Africa's daily confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 10,000 for days running, indicating the approaching of the infection peak, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize...
Be COVID-19 stigmatization prevention agents-NCCE tells students
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has advised the youth and students not to use jargons as names to stigmatize victims of the...
More COVID-19 patients recovered and discharged in Western North region
A total of 140 out of 200 confirmed COVID-19 cases have recovered and discharged in the Western North Region.
The Region now has 60 active...
Two COVID-19 patients die in Ahafo
The Ahafo Region has recorded the death of two COVID-19 patients.
Mrs. Stella Sefa, the acting Ahafo Regional Chief...
U.S. steps up COVID-19 vaccines, therapies development as caseload tops 3 million
The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced the establishment of a new clinical trials network on Wednesday aiming to...
COVID-19: Stigmatization lowers one’s self esteem – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says stigmatizing persons affected or infected with the coronavirus disease has a tendency to lower one’s self...
KATH receives Ventilators to help manage COVID–19 patients
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi on Monday, received three Savina 300 Ventilators and suction machine to manage COVID-19 patients admitted in...
Senegal’s COVID-19 cases surpass 7,000 mark
Four months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 2 in Senegal, the country's confirmed cases surpassed...
North East Region NCCE completes phase one of COVID-19 campaign
The North East Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has completed its first phase of the awareness creation campaign against...
NCCE steps-up efforts to stop COVID-19 stigmatisation in Tamale
The Tamale Metropolitan Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has intensified public education to persuade citizens to stop stigmatising COVID-19 patients...
U.S. COVID-19 cases top 2.5 mln, reopening rolled back in dozen states
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee on Saturday announced the suspension of all applications from counties looking to move into Phase 4 of reopening...
COVID-19: CCFC donates relief items to vulnerable households
The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC), an international Non-governmental organization, has donated food and protective items to some vulnerable households in seven communities...
Ethiopia’s confirmed COVID-19 cases reach 5,175 as 141 more confirmed
Ethiopia's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 5,175 after 141 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Thursday, the Ethiopian Ministry...
COVID-19: GHS amends discharge policy
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), based on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new guidelines and the local evidence, has amended the discharge policy...
GHS receive Enzyme supplement to support treatment of COVID-19 patients
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday, received a donation of some health products including; immune system boosters worth GHC200, 000 from Niwi International...
Public urged to show love and care for Covid-19 patients
Mr Labram Musah, the Ghana National Coordinator of NCD Alliance has urged the public to show love, care, and support to COVID-19 patients and...
Don’t stigmatize recovered COVID-19 patients, Pastor urges Ghanaians
Ghanaians have been urged to avoid stigmatizing recovered patients of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), and accept them in society.
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FDA approves convalescent plasma treatment for COVID-19 patients
Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health, on Tuesday confirmed that the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has approved an investigational convalescent plasma...