Covid-19
COVID-19 UPDATE: Akufo-Addo’s claim on his gov’t’s Cholera record false
Yesterday, President Nana Akufo-Addo delivered what he hopes will be his last televised COVID-19 update following the World Health Organisation’s declaration that the disease is no longer a global pandemic.
In a speech that touched...
New mosquito species in Ghana: Here’s what we know
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced the presence of a new breed of mosquito in Ghana. Known as Anopheles stephensi, the new specie was confirmed in March 2023 in Tuba and Dansoman, in...
NPP MP Stephen Amoah’s claim the whole country stopped work during COVID-19, false
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, the deputy minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Dr. Stephen Amoah, appeared on Joy FM’s News File programme to discuss a number of topical issues.
During the discussions, he claimed that...
Paul Adom Otchere’s claim that vaccines have arrived in Ghana completely false
The host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, stated that Ghana’s nationwide vaccine shortage had been addressed. According to him, the Ghana Health Service had...
Lassa Fever kills one person in Ghana: Here’s what we know about the virus
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that a 40-year-old trader in Accra has died after being infected with Lassa fever.
According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), fourteen cases (14) of Lassa Fever have been...
Factsheet: 10 times government officials misapplied the Covid-19 funds
Millions of COVID-19 funds the government mobilised towards the fight against the virus cannot be accounted for, the latest Auditor-General has revealed.
Although GHS 21billion was mobilised for the fight. However, just 25% was spent...
Bawumia’s “No cholera in 5 years” claim completely false
On Monday, October 10, 2022, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned a water project in Tuna in the Savannah Region.
At the event, Dr. Bawumia said the government’s investment in water projects and systems had...
False! Ken Ofori-Atta did not say Gov’t spent GH¢36 million on agenda 111 logo
News is circulating on social media that Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said government spent GH¢36 million on designing the agenda 111 logo.
The news emerged hours after the minister responded to the call...
Ghana records 5 monkeypox cases: Here’s what you should know about the virus.
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has announced that Ghana has recorded five cases of monkey pox, a virus which has since been identified in 32 countries, seven of which are in...
