Coronavirus updates As it happens (2020-05-12)
May 13, 2020
Covid-19: Ghana's Recovery Rate Encouraging - Dr Kuma-Aboagye
Dr Kuma-Aboagye said about 130 patients were awaiting their second positive tests to be declared the full recovery of the virus, compared to other countries who normally conducts only one test of positive cases.
The Director-General made the remarks in response to a question about the home management of COVID-19 patients during the press briefing on updates of cases in the country.
May 13, 2020
Covid-19: G20 Must Ban Wildlife Trade To Protect Animals
Ms Lucy Wanjiku Otsyula, the Head of Communications at WAP new research, seemed to suggest that coronavirus might have come from wild animals.
The statement said a campaign had therefore been outdoored to protect wildlife and prevent future zoonotic pandemics.
May 13, 2020
COVID-19: Our Case Fatality Rate Of 0.43% The Best Globally - Dr Badu Sakordie
The 22 deaths out of the total of 5,127 cases recorded in the country, represent a case fatality rate of 0.43 per cent, describing it as one of the best among countries.
Ghana's fatality rate of 0.43 was being attributed to two major functions, namely “the quality of care” and “how early people report with the condition when they have it”, Dr Sarkodie explained.
May 13, 2020
Children Face Risk For Severe Complications And Death From COVID-19
Children, teens, and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk, according to a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher.
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the first to describe the characteristics of seriously ill pediatric COVID-19 patients in North America.
May 13, 2020
Ghanaian Startup Innovates To Support COVID-19 Fight
The spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has exposed the world to many of its deficiencies, and Africa is not left out.
The spread has also ignited a lot of creativity and ingenuity across the globe to not only find a vaccine or a perfect treatment but also provide an adequate supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and other essential goods needed to fight the virus.
May 13, 2020
Noguchi Approves Kingdom Garlic Capsule As COVID-19 Immune Booster
Noguchi Memorial Medical Institute has officially approved Kingdom Garlic Capsule as one of the drugs to boost the immune system to fight the coronavirus.
According to them, locally produced, Kingdom Garlic Capsule is proven to be an immune booster that will help in the fight against COVID- 19.
May 12, 2020
Fear Hit Apam As Over 40 Contacts Traced To Escaped COVID-19 Patient Quarantined
The man has since been arrested and repatriated to Jama with more than 40 people he came into contact with have so far been traced and are currently in quarantine at a facility in Apam.
Nana Bonsu Appiah, Apam Chief Fisherman who was instrumental in the arrest of the man told the GNA in an interview that the young man confessed having the virus and was in contact with more than 40 people including; those he met in drinking spots, taxis, food vendors and women he befriended.
May 12, 2020
Workplace Now Hotspots For COVID-19 Infection- Information Minister Cautions
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said these places included offices, market places, factories, lorry parks, and bus terminals, supermarkets, and fuel stations.
He, therefore, called on all authorities at workplaces to insist on adherence to all the safety measures and hygiene protocols of especially, disinfection of surfaces, doorknobs, washrooms, as well as insisting on the wearing of nose masks and creating of spaces for social distancing.
May 12, 2020
Diamond League athletics circuit reconfigured in wake of coronavirus
Organisers of the international athletics circuit on Tuesday attempted to salvage their coronavirus ravaged season with the announcement of the 2020 Diamond League programme.
The first of the meetings featuring 16 track and field events was scheduled to start in Qatar on 17 April. But the gathering in Doha was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has been reset for 9 October.
May 12, 2020
COVID-19: Pioneer Food Cannery Where Over 500 Workers Got Infected Confirms
A fish processing company, Pioneer Food Cannery has confirmed that a member of its staff tested positive for coronavirus following government’s announcement that over 500 workers in a factory at Tema had been infected after one worker contracted the disease.
The Tema-based company in a statement said, as soon as the first case was confirmed, it temporarily closed down the factory for disinfection and cleaning while staff were made to the self-quarantine with contact tracing starting immediately.