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The World Health Organization (WHO) and other health authorities have cautioned against the use of hydrogen peroxide to prevent or treat COVID-19 as there is no scientific evidence to support the claim.

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has said more research is needed before it could approve ivermectin for use in humans. “To date there is insufficient evidence for or against the use of ivermectin in the prevention or treatment of COVID-19,” SAHPRA said in a 28…

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a few pets — including cats and dogs — have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. This happened mostly after the animals were in close contact with people infected with the COVID-19 virus.

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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.


 

Ghana's latest active coronavirus case count has hit 5,356 with 416 deaths recorded as of 29 January 2021. 

According to the Ghana Health Service, 789 new cases were recorded on 29 January 2021 with the country now seeing a second wave of infections. 

No. lberto Escherio, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in the US, affirmed that it is “very unlikely” that steam inhalation could treat the coronavirus. He added that "the virus in infected individuals is within cells and [can] not be reached by steam"…

According to April 2020 guidance from the World Health Organization, the survival on surfaces of SARS-CoV-2 – “the virus that causes Covid-19 – "is similar" to that of SARS-CoV1, the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). It ranges from two hours to nine days.According to a…