{"id":2856,"date":"2020-04-21T07:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T07:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2020-04-21T07:05:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T07:05:35","slug":"covid-19-responses-health-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/covid-19-responses-health-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID 19 Responses: Health- Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghana\u2019s Covid-19 Cases Hit 636:<\/strong> Ghana\u2019s case count of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) has increased to 636 as at April 13. The Ghana Health Service confirming the figures in its latest case management response update, said as at Tuesday, April 14, the cases have increased by 70 more cases bringing the country\u2019s total to 636. Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Coronavirus recoveries in Ghana leap from 17 to 83: <\/strong>The number of recovered coronavirus patients in Ghana has seen a significant improvement in less than 24 hours, moving from 17 on Tuesday to 83 on Wednesday, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Coronavirus: Don\u2019t talk to the media \u2013 Ghana Health Service warns staff: <\/strong>\u201cI write to you in uncertain terms to warn all staff in all seriousness to desist from engaging the media in conversations and discussions on covid-19 other than education\u201d <\/em>the Eastern regional directorate of the GHS, The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has warned health workers in the Eastern region to desist from talking to the media in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Volta Regional Minister calls for calm amidst 9 cases of coronavirus: <\/strong>Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has called for calm in the Region after it recorded nine cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, April 12. He said, “Relevant stakeholders” had started contact tracing in affected districts and called for support from all. Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Coronavirus is not a death sentence – Ghana Medical Association: <\/strong>The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19<\/a>) is not a \u201cdeath sentence and Ghanaians must not panic over surging figures\u201d, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has said. Ghana has so far recorded 566 confirmed cases of the COVID-19<\/a> with eight deaths. Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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We dug, chased the virus and found 274 more cases \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah: <\/strong>Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has touted government\u2019s approach to the fight against Coronavirus, saying the decision to resort to enhanced contact tracing and mandatory quarantine made it possible for the country to track 274 more cases. \u201cIt is interesting to note that if we hadn\u2019t as a country stepped up our approach to be ahead and go after the virus, we would be reporting only 292 cases by now,\u201d<\/em> Information Minister <\/em>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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 66.6 per cent of victims have no travel history \u2013 Ghana Health Service: <\/strong>Amidst the sharp increase in the COVID-19 cases in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that 66.6 per cent of victims have no travel history. According to the GHS, 33.4 per cent of the recent 566 cases recorded between March to April, had a history of travel. \u201cThe breakdown of the 566 positive cases are as follows: four have been treated, discharged and tested negative, 552 cases have been categorized as mild disease on treatment, two moderate to severe cases, none currently on ventilators and eight have died,\u201d the Ghana Health Service. <\/em>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Ghana\u2019s coronavirus cases are not getting worse – Dr Nsiah Asare: <\/strong>Former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service and presidential advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare says the Covid-19 cases in Ghana are not getting worse. Speaking as a panellist on a radio show monitored by primenewsghana.com., Dr Nsiah Asare said the cases in the country have increased because of the enhanced contact tracing. Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ghana\u2019s Covid-19 Cases Hit 636: Ghana\u2019s case count of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) has increased to 636 as at April 13. The Ghana Health Service confirming the figures in its latest case management response update, said as at Tuesday, April 14, the cases have increased by 70 more cases bringing the country\u2019s total to 636. Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-codvid19"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t