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agoohaJune 10, 2021

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Despite worries over the government’s choice to purchase Sputnik-V vaccines at an exorbitant price, Parliament’s Health Committee has reaffirmed that the government is not being taken advantage of. The Chairman of the Health Committee, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, stated on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Wednesday, which was monitored by Agooha News, that despite signing […]

agoohaJune 10, 2021

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has explained the government’s decision to purchase Sputnik-V vaccines at an exorbitant cost. A statement signed by the Chief Director of the GHS Kwabena Boadu Oku Afari said the government was forced to rely on the market for vaccines after failing to obtain supplies directly from the Russian government. “It […]

agoohaMay 31, 2021

A Nigerian doctor has resorted to social media to claim that a man’s chances of contracting HIV from his girlfriend are higher than from a sex worker. His remarks come after an NGO in Nigeria tested all the prostitutes in a brothel for HIV but found no positive cases. According to the young man identified […]

agoohaMay 19, 2021

Members of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS-KATH) Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Chapter have announced a one-week sit-down strike beginning Thursday, May 20, 2021. The strike is being called to protest the hospital’s decision to retain two medical professionals in key roles at the Laboratory Services Directorate, according to the union’s leadership. Speaking […]

agoohaMarch 26, 2021

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that the government is working tirelessly to purchase some 42 million additional COVID-19 doses by the end of this year. According to him, the government has far advanced talks to get the vaccines into the country. “Government remains on course to procuring a total of 42 million […]

agoohaFebruary 25, 2021

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A Health Policy Planning and Financing Analyst, Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah has called on the government and the private sector to pursue the Pfizer vaccine. According to him, though both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are safe, the former is comparatively more efficient than the latter. “In terms of safety, based on evidence, there is […]

agoohaFebruary 25, 2021

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare is entreating Ghanaians to avail themselves to get vaccinated when the opportunity comes. His comment after he disclosed to GNA that, President Akufo-Addo will receive the first dose of the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines which arrived in Ghana on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. According to him, the […]

agoohaFebruary 24, 2021

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Ghana will receive its first batch of the Cvid-19 vaccines today, Wednesday, 24, 2021. The AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines which Ghana has approved for use will arrive at the Kotoka International Airport at 7:00 am. The Ministry of Information in a press statement indicated that the Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu will lead […]

agoohaFebruary 19, 2021

A total of fifteen pupils and students from ten basics, Junior, Senior and Tertiary institutions in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region have tested positive for COVID-19 since the resumption of school in January 2021. The cases were not recorded in school but in the respective homes of the infected pupils and students. They […]

agoohaFebruary 12, 2021

The Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Emmanuel Dzotsi, has reiterated that stakeholders must strictly enforce students in the region to comply with the safety protocols to reduce the alarming rate of infections. In an interview with Citi News monitored by Agooha News, he lamented that the non-adherence of students to […]

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Concerns raised over ‘abnormal’ pricing are misplaced – Health Committee

Ghana Health Service justifies purchase of ‘expensive’ Sputnik-V vaccines by government

A man is more likely to become infected with HIV from his girlfriend than from a sex worker – Nigerian doctor claims

KATH Laboratory Scientists announces one-week sit down strike

Covid-19: Government on course to procure 42 million more vaccines – Akufo Addo

COVID-19: Pursue Pfizer vaccines; they’re more ‘efficacious’ – Omane Boamah to government

Avail yourself to be vaccinated, its safe – Presidential advisor tells Ghanaians

Covid-19: Ghana receives first batch of vaccines today

Covid-19: 15 student in Tarkwa test positive

Covid-19: “Strictly enforce student to adhere safety protocols” – Health Director cautions as cases upsurge among students

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