Tag: Covid-19
Cape Verde receives COVID-19 vaccines from China
Cape Verde on Saturday received 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses provided by China.
During the handover ceremony for the vaccines and over 50,000...
Meet Mercy Catherine Adjabeng: the gem empowering adolescents for a brighter future
Many have nurtured the dream, barely a few have taken the step to make it work, but she is already making it happen.
The gem...
WB Group President: Statement on COVID-19 Response and Vaccinations for Developing Countries
World Bank Group President David Malpass today issued the following statement in advance of the G7 Leaders’ Summit:
“I warmly welcome the G7’s vital work...
Police probe breach of COVID-19 safety protocols at Sir John’s funeral
The Ashanti Regional Police Command is investigating the circumstances that led to the abuse of the COVID-19 safety protocols during the...
Observe COVID-19 protocols to prevent spread-CNC
The Bono East Centre for National Culture (CNC) has asked residents to religiously observe the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols to avoid a third wave.
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US to Provide Foreign Countries 500 Million Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines
US administration plans to purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to distribute them globally, as Washington significantly increasing its effort to vaccinate...
Japan Set to Limit Number of Foreign Spectators, Staff at Olympics Amid COVID-19
Japan will limit the number of foreign spectators and staff at the upcoming Olympic Games to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, Kyodo news...
G7 Must Act to Ensure Vaccine Access to Billions Across Global South – OHCR
Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and...
Nearly Half of US Adults Believe COVID-19 Virus Escaped From Chinese Lab
A 46 percent plurality of Americans think the coronavirus was created in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, from which it escaped and mushroomed into...
France Permits Entry to Vaccinated EU Tourists Without PCR Test
The French government embarked on a new phase of lifting COVID-19 restrictions, permitting entry to tourists from EU nations and some other countries without...
President urges private sector invest in waste management
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the private sector to take advantage of the vast business opportunities in the management of waste in...
COVID-19 Booster Shots Likely Needed to Offer Protection Against New Variants
The world's population will likely need to receive booster shots to ensure they are protected against COVID-19, particularly as new variants of the disease...
WHO Adviser Expresses Pessimism About Success of Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver
Plans to issue a patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines as a means to boost global production, which are set to be assessed by the...
COVID-19 Vaccination Travel Certificate Rollout Likely to Lead to ‘Chaos’ – WHO Adviser
The launch of digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates, such as the European Union's Digital COVID Certificate, is likely to cause chaos at airports and other...
World Should Learn From COVID-19 by Investing in Pandemic Preparedness
World ,The international community should learn the necessary lessons from the COVID-19 outbreak and invest heavily to ensure that the world is suitably prepared...
Africa Unable to Build Pandemic Resilience Despite Experience of Ebola – WHO Adviser
African countries were, on the whole, unprepared for the outbreak of COVID-19, despite many nations' experience of combating epidemics of Ebola and measles, Robert...
US Pharmacist Gets 3 Years in Prison for Trying to Ruin COVID-19 Vaccines
A hospital pharmacist who admitted he was skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines received a 3 year jail sentence for tampering with a batch of Moderna...
Kassena-Nankana group happy with Doba-Kandiga peace deal
DIZEMTAABA, a group formed to help solve the societal needs in the Kassena-Nankana area has expressed satisfaction about the Justice Atuguba Doba-Kandiga peace deal,...
COVID-19 Certificates Issued to More Than One Million EU Citizens
More than a million EU citizens have received digital COVID certificates since the system was launched in the test mode on June 1, the...
GIZ presents 10 Intensive Care Unit Beds to three Ghanaian Hospitals
With funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Ghana, handed...
COVID-19: GMA disappointed over disregard for safety protocols at Sir John’s funeral
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed disappointment about the total disregard for COVlD-19 protocols during the final funeral rites of the former...
Over 200 Leaders Urge G7 to Help Vaccinate Poorer Countries
Over 200 prominent figures across the world, including ex-prime ministers and ministers, have called on the G7 leaders to allocate two-thirds of the $66...
COVID-19 hampers the fight against HIV/AIDS in Botswana
The COVID-19 pandemic is blamed for having hampered the fight against HIV/AIDS in Botswana.
The southern African country has made significant...
9 more months needed to achieve herd immunization despite 2 billion doses administered globally
Inoculations against COVID-19 have reached 2 billion as the world races to contain the pandemic, but at the current pace, it will take nine...
Uganda launches over US$358 million plan to combat second wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Uganda on Friday launched a 358.9 million-U.S.-dollar plan to combat the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the east African country.
Henry...
Unilever presents items to Tema Police Command
The Management of Unilever Ghana Limited on Friday paid a working visit to the Tema Police Regional Command and supported personnel with some...
Senator Calls on Congress to Probe US Links to Wuhan Lab, COVID-19 Origins
US Senator Josh Hawley on Friday called on Congress to investigate any United States links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the novel...
WHO asks for re-checks of research on possible new virus origin
Samples from a study suggesting that COVID-19 was circulating outside China by October 2019 have been re-tested at the World Health Organization's (WHO) request,...
Ethiopia updates travel advisory, requiring AU COVID-19 pass for entry and exit
The Ethiopian government on Wednesday announced an updated travel advisory, which necessitates an African Union (AU) COVID-19 pass for entry and exit.
According to the...
Jake Shaw: How COVID-19 Changed How We View Music, Possibly Forever
The world continues to reel from the impact of a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Few industries have had it as rough as the music industry, as...