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Active Covid-19 cases hit 4000 amid fears of third wave

vanguardgh July 25, 2021 0

Ghana has recorded over 400 new Covid-19 cases since the health service’s last update on July 20. Currently, active Covid-19 cases as of July 21, stands at 4094. A new update on the Ghana Health Service’s website shows that among the active cases, 26 are severe while 15 people are in critical

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Soundboy Is In Critical Condition, He’s On Dialysis-Wife

vanguardgh July 10, 2021 0

The Wife of sound engineer Eyoh Soundboy, Aisha Yussif, has disclosed on Rainbow Entertainment on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that her husband is currently in critical condition but it has not reached the point where he would need a kidney transplant as speculated. Speaking to sit-in host Summy Brown she said the husband has not been […]

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Korle Bu Accounts Officer caught taking bribes to slash bills of patients

vanguardgh July 7, 2021 0

An Accounts Officer with the Pediatric Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has been caught on video negotiating and taking bribes from patients in order to slash their bills after treatment. A video secretly recorded by a parent of a toddler who was admitted at the hospital shows the accounts office demanding bribes to […]

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Ga Mantse Assures Zoomlion Of Support Towards Promotion Of 1million Waste Bin Distribution

vanguardgh July 6, 2021 0

The waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has paid visit to the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II and the Traditional Council in the fight against sanitation in the Greater Accra Region. The delegation was led by Managing Director of Zoomlion, Mrs. Gloria Opoku-Anti at his residence in Accra. According to the Mrs. Anti, […]

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COVID-19: Delta strain lands in Accra SHS

vanguardgh July 3, 2021 0

The Delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic has been detected in a senior high school in the national capital, Accra. This was disclosed by the Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe. He said: “Yesterday [Friday], we had information that the school had actually detected a Delta variant and this, […]

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Dredge Masters Undertakes Massive Dredging of Odaw and Korle-Lagoon Against Floods

vanguardgh July 1, 2021 0

The Odaw River and Korle-Lagoon appeared well dredged in anticipation of the rains which invariably flood the city. A visit by Journalists to the Korle -Lagoon and the Odaw river to ascertain the level of work revealed that the two water bodies have been well dredged to be able to contain the heavy rainfall that […]

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CSIR Water Research Holds Seminar To Find Lasting Solution To Galamsey

vanguardgh June 30, 2021 0

A one-day workshop aimed at looking at the impact of illegal mining (popularly known as galamsey) and water security has ended with a call on Ghanaians to join in finding a lasting solution to the galamsey menace and help safeguard the country’s water bodies. A Senior Research Scientist, Head of Ground Water Division of the […]

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Zoomlion Fumigates Airports Amidst Fear of New Covid-19 Variant

vanguardgh June 25, 2021 0

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has undertaken a disinfection and disinfestation exercise of all Airports in Ghana targeted at de-activating microorganisms to control the spread of Covid-19 and also kill vectors that transmit deadly diseases. There have been fears among Ghanaians following reported cases of the deadly delta variant of the SARS CoV-2 (Covid-19 virus) at the […]

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Health Minister Calls For Resilient Way of Pests & Vector Control; Launches Association

vanguardgh June 15, 2021 0

Ghana’s Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has called for vibrant and resilient way of controlling pests and vector in the country. This, he stressed, was very crucial, especially in the wake of the ravaging impact of Covid-19 on the country and the world at large. “Covid-19 has taught us that as a society we […]

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Doctors at Mother and Child hospital operate with rechargeable lamps

vanguardgh June 14, 2021 0

The Medical Superintendent of the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital has revealed that Doctors at the facility are forced to operate with rechargeable lamps and torchlights due to the unavailability of a standby generator. The Mother and Child Hospital located in the Awutu Senya East constituency was commissioned last year but without a generator forcing […]