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COVID-19 Vaccination: At What Point will Ghana Attain Herd Immunity?

Across the world, COVID-19 vaccination programmes have been rolled out. According to ourworldindata.org, over 541 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. Health experts believe...

Are Ghanaians 65 and above Safe to Take the AstraZeneca Vaccine?

Ghana took delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative in late February. Sooner had the vaccines arrived, than...

Ghana Has Approved Sputnik V for Emergency Use: Here’s What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

It was announced on February 20, 2021, that Ghana through the Ministry of Health, has authorised the registration and use of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine,...

New Variants of Coronavirus: Here’s What You Need to Know

In late December 2020, about a year after the first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was recorded in Wuhan, China, new variants have been...

Remdesivir is NOT a COVID-19 Vaccine; Not for Use Only in Africa

In the last few days, claims that the anti-viral medication, Remdesivir, is a COVID-19 vaccine being tested only in Africa has emerged. This claim which surfaced...

MFWA Rolls Out Phase Two of COVID-19 Fact-Checking Initiative

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases are on a steep rise with an average of about 600 new cases being recorded each day since the last fortnight. Already...

The Covid-19 Coconut Oil Debate: Unraveling the Details

Scientists have not winked an eye on searching for a vaccine for Covid-19 since it was diagnosed in China. The search for a cure intensified...

Fighting Misinformation on COVID-19: How MFWA Successfully Did It

When COVID-19 struck, there was the need to act quickly to support public education, and counter the spread of misinformation and fake news that came...

All You Need to Know About Immunity and Coronavirus

Immunity is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “a situation in which you are protected against disease.” The human system is made in such a way...

Claim that Steam Inhalation and Hot Beverages Renders One Covid-19 Negative False

A screenshot going viral on social media and other online portals has it that, steam inhalation and hot beverages can make one Covid-19 negative in...

Has President Akufo-Addo signed a Bill Gates COVID-19 Vaccine Pact?

Social media commentary captured in a news publication here claims that Ghana's president, NanaAddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has committed Ghana to a vaccine pact to receive...

What You Need to Know about Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM)

The first case of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Ghana was recorded in 1,906 in Cape Coast among labourers brought from East Africa to support the British...

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