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The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) says it has identified a wide community spread of the mutated United Kingdom (UK) variant of the COVID-19 that can take over the traditional one if the public continues to defy the safety protocols.
It said that was a cause for worry because the UK variant had a higher and faster rate of spread, results in severer sickness, with high numbers of people exposed to it falling sick, unlike the traditional form of the virus.
National briefing
Addressing the media at theMinister s Briefing, a national platform for providing updates on the national COVID-19 situation and response, in Accra yesterday, the Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, reiterated the need for the public to enhance adherence to the safety protocols.
Ghana-Press-Review February 03, 2021 to 10:52 374 APA – Accra (Ghana) The resumption of the proceedings of the election petition with the hearing of a motion filed by the petitioner, former President John Dramani Mahama, by the Supreme Court and the report that the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, is running out of oxygen are some of the trending stories in the Ghanaian press on Wednesday.
The Graphic reports that the Supreme Court will Wednesday resume the proceedings of the election petition with the hearing of a motion filed by the petitioner, former President John Dramani Mahama which is seeking to inspect some documents of the Electoral Commission (EC).
The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) has intensified community surveillance to ascertain whether the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant is spreading within communities.
Press zooms in on Fitch and Moody’s projection of strong economic growth for Ghana, others Ghana-Press-Review January 26, 2021 to 10:33 265 APA – Accra (Ghana) The rating agencies, Fitch and Moody’s projection of a strong economic growth for Ghana in 2021 and the community surveillance to ascertain whether the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant is spreading within communities dominate the headlines of Ghanaian press on Tuesday.
The Graphic reports that the rating agencies, Fitch and Moody’s have projected a strong economic growth for the country in 2021.
Fitch is projecting a growth of 4.8 percent while Moody’s is projecting a growth of four percent.