Ghana must tread cautiously as more doctors contract COVID-19 – GMA warns
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is appealing to Ghanaians to demonstrate a high sense of responsiveness in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. They should avoid the flagrant breaches of the protocols to minimize the rate of infection and attendance consequences on the society, especially the country’s healthcare system. “What we are witnessing currently is […]
Our students are safe – Accra Girls SHS assures
Accra Girls Senior High School has assured of the safety of students following news of reported cases of Covid-19 in the School. “Parents, the situation is under control and your wards are safe, so you can go home with a peaceful mind,” the School’s representative told parents and guardians on Monday morning, who went to […]
Burundi begins mass coronavirus testing
Burundi has launched a mass testing campaign for coronavirus, in a fresh campaign by the new government to fight the spread of the pandemic. Former president Pierre Nkurunziza was accused of downplaying the issue, saying “God had cleared [coronavirus] from Burundi’s skies”, almost a fortnight before he died last month of cardiac arrest. But last […]
UN warns of rise in animal-to-human diseases
A new report by the International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI has warned of future outbreaks of pandemics like COVID-19, if governments don’t take active measures to prevent other zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic disease is a disease that has passed into the human population from an animal source. The report, Preventing The Next Pandemic; Zoonotic Diseases And […]
