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On 30 July 2020, the GHS asserted that it was expanding COVID-19 testing to hospitals across Ghana. [67] The Government distributed 50,000 PCR testing kits and other kits to COVID-19 testing facilities across Ghana. [68] laboratory equipment and supplies were delivered by the government, improving the testing capacity of the nation. [69]
Until the upgrading of the Tamale and Kumasi airports to international standards, KIA, for a longtime, was the sole international airport in Ghana. [4] In 2023, the airport served a record of 3.1 million passengers, a recovery from the 1.2 million in 2020 (reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [1]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana, one from Norway and the other from Turkey .
Model-based simulations for Ghana indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t was stable below 1.0 in August. [1]On 1 August, face shields were reported to have gained acceptance as protection against COVID-19, rather than the use of face masks, as they were claimed to be more comfortable when worn for long hours.
COVID-19 Private Sector Fund of Ghana decided to assist the vaccination program. [482] India pledged to provide Ghana with 50,000 COVID-19 vaccines. [483] Zipline delivered COVID-19 vaccines to some hospitals across the country. [484] On 3 March, members of some teachers union encouraged their staff to get involved in the vaccination exercise ...
Use of COVAX vaccines in Ghana. According to the Ghana Health Service, the COVID-19 vaccine would be free of charge for Ghanaians. [14] Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Director of Public Health at GHS, pregnant women and children below 16 years were exempted from the first phase of the vaccination exercise. [15]
It was reported the Upper regions in Ghana had no active cases of COVID-19. [302] On 21 July, the director-general of GHS said persons who show symptoms of the virus would be prioritise when they report to a health facility for testing. He also claimed Ghana's COVID-19 active cases were 82 percent asymptomatic.
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana (2022) Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).