Dr Thomas Anaba, a Public Health Expert, has called on the Government to conduct research into claims and findings that COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccines are not safe and act appropriately. Some foreign media outlets, including the Independent of the United Kingdom have carried articles, suggesting that the vaccine is causing rare blood clots in human beings.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) constructed 1,010 household toilets in 2023 under the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area (GKMA) Sanitation and Water Project. This represents a 67. 5 percent increase compared with the 2022 performance of 603 household toilet facilities.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has embarked on a nationwide schools 39; campaign, sensitising and encouraging female students in Senior High Schools and those in tertiary institutions to enlist into the Combat and Combat Supporting unit of the GAF after completion.
Dr Da-Costa Aboagye, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has called for an immediate halt to the imposition of unauthorised charges on National Health Insurance Scheme beneficiaries at healthcare facilities.
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, says 60 per cent of Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the country have been taken off the double track system and are running on single track. He said the Ministry would ensure that all SHSs would return to the single-track system in the wake of increased enrollment due to the Free SHS programme.
Nana Akomea, the Chief Executive Officer of the InterCity State Transport Corporation (STC), has called for the establishment of a Committee of Inquiry to thoroughly investigate the ongoing controversy between the Electoral Commission (EC) and IMANI Africa regarding the disposal of election-related equipment.
The Office of the President has declined the request from the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to disclose the full KPMG report on the revenue assurance contract between Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML).
Dormaahene, Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II has described Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), as a respectful and intelligent man. His comments came during phase 2 of the campaign tour of the Vice President in the Bono Region.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that AstraZeneca vaccines would no longer be administered in the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS, stated that the Service had not purchased the AstraZeneca Vaccines in the last two years and urged those who had already taken them not to panic.
