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By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby has tested positive for COVID-19, Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The source said staff of the NHIA have been informed of the status of their boss while contact tracing is underway. More soon

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah 58 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in Ghana but had underlying conditions have so far lost their lives. This means that four new deaths have been recorded in Ghana since the last update on the COVID-19 situation in the country was announced on Sunday, June 14, …

by:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is to operate at half capacity for the next 14 days. This is because most of its intensive care unit doctors and nurses have been exposed to a trauma patient who has tested positive for Covid-19. A …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The family of a person who has tested positive for Covid-19 in Kumasi are worried they may contract the disease after their relative was compelled to self-isolate at home. The wife of the patient, Cynthia [not her real name] said her husband is now in a …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Ace Ankomah is a member of OccupyGhana Pressure group OccupyGhana has said it has cause to suspect that the government is massaging the COVID-19 death toll and also accused officialdom of lacking candour as far as dealing with the virus is concerned.“The case count is growing steadily …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Four cell inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at Asamankese in the Eastern Region. The Lower West Akyem Municipal Health Director, Dr Samuel Boateng, has confirmed news of the infections to Joy News’ Edwin Kofi Siaw. According to him, they were confirmed positive after their samples were …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Some 181 nurses and midwives have been confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. This is according to the Public Relations Officer of the Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, Joseph Akrampah. Addressing the issue in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem morning show on Monday, Mr Akrampah …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Thieves have broken into the Wa Municipal COVID-19 isolation centre in Wa and made away with a mattress and a 32-inch television set. The Upper West Regional Health Promotion Officer, John Makpeh, confirming the incident to Citi News said: “it was reported to me by the Wa …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Akufo-Addo said Ghana has now become a reference point for many countries in the management of Covid-19 pandemic. According to him, out of a population of about 31 million, 254,331 individuals have been tested for the virus in the last three months. This figure, he said, …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah, is calling for the arrest of Members of Parliament(MP) who tested positive for the deadly coronavirus but refuse to self-isolate. “Personally, I can’t believe that somebody has Covid-19 and is still walking around. How do …