Coronavirus updates As it happens (2020-07-26)
Jul 25, 2020
NCCE Officials Storm Shrines With COVID-19 Education
The Keta Directorate of the National Commission for Civic (NCCE) has taken its public education campaign to worshippers in some traditional shrines, emphasizing the importance of adhering to the COVID-19 protocols.
The adherents are usually engaged with routine drumming, dancing and ritual performances without adhering to COVID-19 preventive protocols of wearing of nose masks, social distancing and handwashing with soap under running water.
Jul 25, 2020
Markets Disinfections Contributing To Low Covid-19 Infections In North East – Minister
The North East Regional Minister, Solomon Namliit Boar, has hailed the ongoing mass disinfections of markets in the North-East Region.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at the forecourt of the North East Regional Coordinating Council ahead of the commencement of the phase two of the markets disinfections exercise in North East, the Minister said the mass disinfections have been really helpful as far as controlling the spread of coronavirus in the region is concerned.
Jul 25, 2020
Public loses faith in governments as Covid-19 infections spread
The world has set a new record for the highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, as a survey released Saturday showed governments are fast losing support for their handling of the pandemic.
There were more than 280,000 new cases recorded globally on both Thursday and Friday, the highest daily rises since the virus emerged in China late last year.
Jul 25, 2020
Covid-19: Ghana's Cases Hit 31,057
Some 691 new COVID-19 infections have been recorded on July 24.
This brings the case count to 31,057.
Jul 25, 2020
COVID-19: 8 More Die
Eight more persons have succumbed to the Coronavirus disease.
This pushes the country's death toll to 161.
Jul 25, 2020
France singles out 30 million priority citizens for Covid-19 vaccine
France's Scientific Council is drawing up plans for some 30 million “high-risk” citizens who it says should be given priority access to any future coronavirus vaccine.
The council, which was created to advise the French government on its epidemic strategy, says priority groups must be targeted in anticipation of a vaccine being made available as early as the end of the year.
Jul 25, 2020
WHO reports biggest single-day rise in global Covid-19 infections since pandemic started
The World Health Organization has recorded the highest increase in global cases in a single day, with the United States and Brazil accounting for almost half of the 284,196 new infections.
The WHO reported 69,641 new cases in the US, 67,860 in Brazil, 49,310 in India and 13,104 in South Africa.
Jul 24, 2020
ActionAid Ghana Supports The EduWatch COVID Back To School Campaign
Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) works with Civil Society Organizations, Governments, and the Private Sector to promote an equitable, accountable, and a responsive education system that assures of quality and equal opportunities for all.
We envision a continent with globally competitive human capital that drives economic and social development. One of our key partners is ActionAid Ghana, an organization that works to alleviate poverty and all structural impediments to the realization of the rights of the poor and vulnerable, especially girls and rural children.
Jul 24, 2020
Yeji, Bono East: St. Mathias Catholic Hospital Closes Down Over COVID-19 Infections
The Management of the St. Mathias Catholic Hospital at Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region has temporarily closed down some Departments in the facility as some staff of the facility contracts COVID-19.
The following Departments at the facility including; the Out Patient Department(OPD), Antenatal Clinic, and Special Clinics have all been closed down for two weeks and would be revived as time goes on.
Jul 24, 2020
Upper East: All Covid-19 Patients Recovered, 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 COVID-19 patients in the Region have been treated and discharged from the various health facilities.
According to him, all COVID-19 patients had fully recovered, adding that “As we speak, we don't have any case in our treatment centre, there is no case that is currently being managed at home.”