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Ministerial Vetting: Afriyie Akoto’s Cocktail of False Claims and Contradictions
When Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister-designate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, appeared before the Appointment Committee of Parliament on February 19, 2021,...
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...
Ministerial Vetting: Claims About Unemployment Rate, Banking Sector Job Losses False
When the minister-designate for the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, took his turn at the Appointments Committee at the ongoing...
January Roundup: New COVID-19 Variant Emerges, Misinformation on Vaccines Debunked
A year after the first cases of Covid-19 were reported, three new variants of the virus which are mutation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...
Does Wearing More Than One Mask at a Time Make You Safer?
Face masks have become very essential protective wear since the COVID-19 pandemic began, having been recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Centre...
COVID-19: FDA Has NOT Approved Nibima as Cure
There have been claims on various social media platforms suggesting that the herbal medicine, Nibima, has been approved by the Food and Drugs Authority...
COVID-19: Tackling the Confusion, Controversies Around Vaccines
About a year after Coronavirus emerged, scientists and health experts around the world have developed and approved some vaccines as antidote to the virus....
Former Zambian Veep Nevers Mumba’s Claims on COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa Completely False
Since January 14, 2021, a video has been trending on various social media platforms across Africa where the former Vice President of Zambia, Nevers...
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...
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...
List of Female Parliamentarians and their Constituencies in Ghana’s 8th Parliament
The life of Ghana’s 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic commenced on January 7, 2021. The house has a four-year mandate which is expected...
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....
