London, April 19, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Nine people suspected to be jailbreakers who escaped from from prison in Nigeria on April 5 have been arrested in Ghana. They were arrested by the Ada District Police Command in the Greater Accra Region. The escapees are suspected to be part of over 1,800 inmates who escaped from a prison ...

London, March 21, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Three persons have been arrested for stealing and selling covid-19 vaccines belonging to the Government of Ghana. Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is said to have stolen 36 vials of COVIDSHIELD and Lord Pabitey, a Disease Control Officer of the La Bawalashie Polyclinic, ...

London, March 1, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Ghana says covid-19 vaccines will be given free of charge in both public and private hospitals across the country as Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia will be the first government official to take the COVID-19 vaccine , Starrfm.com.gh has reports that the VP will take the COVID-19 jab Monday morning at the Police Hospital in Accra. The President ...

London, Feb. 28, 2021 (AltAfrica)- Ghana is expecting a total of 12.4 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines COVAX expected to be delivered from India according to the Presidential Adviser on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare This is after Ghana took delivery of 600,000 of the doses earlier last week, making it the first African country to receive ...

London, Feb. 8, 2021 (AltAfrica)-The efficacy of hydrogen peroxide as a possible cure for coronavirus has become a source of serious controversy in Ghana.   There has been recent spike in the sales of hydrogen peroxide according to the Food and Drugs Board, FDB. A recent joint monitoring exercise by officers of Pharmacy Council (PC) ...

London, Feb. 4, 2021 (AltAfrica)-The Ghana Health Service says it has detected a wide community spread of the mutated variants of COVID-19 which originated from the United Kingdom (UK). With a higher rate of spread and an increased level of severity in sickness, the Ghana Health Service has warned Ghanaians to observe strictly all health safety protocols to minimize the risk ...

London, Feb. 1, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Ghana has reduced the price for covid-19 test for Ecowas nationals arriving the country as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo directed that “the cost of the COVID test for in-bound ECOWAS nationals be pegged at fifty United States dollars ($50) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA)”. “The cost of the test for non-ECOWAS ...

London, Jan. 25, 2021 (AltAfrica)-The Ghana Armed Forces held a special vigil at the Air Force Officers Mess in Accra as part of the final funeral rites of former President Jerry John Rawlings who passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. Rawlings vigil was preceded on Sunday by a ...

London, Jan. 6, 2021 (AltAfrica)-A total of 126 private schools in Ghana have folded up as a result of financial constraints arising from the closure of schools nationwide due to outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Association of Private Schools (GNACOPS) Also lost with the private schools were 2,394 jobs and the future of ...

London, Jan. 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-At a time many countries are closing borders to international visitors, Ghana is wooing more international visitors to the country with a promise to foot all bills for their mandatory isolation and treatment should they test positive for coronavirus on arrival Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made the offer during his 21st COVID-19 address ...