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In Ghana, as of 21 October 2022, there have been 170,321 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 1,460 deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. As of 21 October 2022, a total of 20.15 million vaccine doses have been administered. ...

As of February 2020, there were only 67 ICU ventilators and no non-invasive ventilation machines for a population of 30 million people in Ghana. This is equivalent to an estimated ventilator capacity of 0.22 ventilators per 100,000 people in Ghana. Even if operating room ventilators are used as a ba...

Yes. Ghanaian students at various levels of the academic ladder have returned to school despite the coronavirus outbreak. This was announced in an address to the nation by the country's President, Nana Akufo-Addo on 3 January 2021. ...

A claim circulating on WhatsApp “assuring” people that chewing raw onions would ensure their recovery, is not supported by scientific evidence.More: FALSE: Chewing raw onions can cure coronavirus...

Yes, in a letter dated 16 June, health facilities and districts were told to “desist from mass testing” of people unless authorised to do so by the director-general of the Ghana Health Service.More: FACT-CHECK: Mass coronavirus testing halted in Ghana’s Central region...

The Ghana Health Service has denied reports that imported Chinese medical supplies were contaminated with Covid-19.More: FALSE: Chinese medical aid to Ghana contaminated with coronavirus...

There is a “no mask, no entry” policy in public places in the Greater Accra region. But the Ghanaian government has not announced any legislation that would make it a criminal offence if someone fails to wear a mask in public places.More: Is the Failure to Wear A Mask In Public Places A Criminal...

Dr Elisa Granato, a postdoctoral researcher in the Oxford’s zoology department, received one of the first two jabs administered at the start of a Covid-19 vaccine trial at the University of Oxford. She has denied reports of her death.More: ‘I’m very much alive.’ No, first volunteer in UK Cov...

If true, this would have been widely reported. The World Health Organization has not recommended any medication to treat or cure Covid-19 to date....