According to an internal memo from the Directorate of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), it has been revealed that most of the nurses and doctors at the Intensive Care Unit have...
Category - COVID-19
168 NURSES AND MIDWIVES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AS OF JUNE 3RD, 2020.
As the number of positive cases of COVID-19 increases, more nurses and midwives are getting infected each day. According to the secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mr. David...
GHANA COVID-19 CASES NOW AT 287 WITH 73 NEW CASES
Ghana now has 73 new confirmed cases making a total of 287. According to the Ghana Health Service, the spike in number of confirmed cases was due to enhanced contact tracing and testing that was carried out. 26 of the...
GRNMA TO PROVIDE FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR NURSES AND MIDWIVES IN LOCKED DOWN COVID-19 AREAS
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has assured members of free transportation for members in locked down covid-19 areas. This was revealed by the president of the association this morning in a Facebook...
Confirmed Covid-19 Cases In Ghana Rises to 68 As At 25 March 2020
As at the morning of 25 March 2020, a total of sixty-eight (68) cases including two (2) deaths have been confirmed. Sixty-six (66) of these confirmed cases are being managed in isolation. The sudden spike in case...
GHANA’S COVID-19 CASES JUMPS TO 52
Ghana has recorded 25 additional cases of covid-19, making a total of 52. This was announced by the Health Minister, Kweku Agyeman Manu. According to the Minister, the 25 confirmed cases were among the 1,030 people who...
CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN GHANA RISES TO ELEVEN (11)
On 19 March 2020, we received notification from KCCR indicating two (2) newly confirmed cases in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The first is a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident in the United Kingdom who recently...
GHANA CONFIRMS TWO CASES OF COVID-19
In a press release by the Ministry of Health, Ghana has confirmed two cases of the COVID-19 on the 12th March 2020. The laboratory results were confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. [appbox...
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that causes mild to severe illnesses varying from the common cold to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). COVID-19 is...