Health

New Black Stars Coach, C.K Akonnor Secures First Win Against Qatar

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11 months ago

October 12, 2020

Sintim

New Blackstars coach, C.K Akonnor secures first win against Asian champions Qatar.

After an embarrassing 3-0 defeat by the Blackstars against the Eagles of Mali on Friday, 9th October, 2020 the Ghana National Team has portrayed a fine performance to trash the 2020 world cup Host Qatar in their second friendly match on Monday.

Newly appointed Blackstars coach, C.K Akonnor made five changes to his starting line-up for Monday’s tie.

Tariqe Kumahl Malachi Akwesi Fosu, popularly known as Tariqe Fosu, is an English professional footballer who plays for Brentford as a left winger opens the score sheet for the blacks stars on the 22nd minutes.

Skipper Andrew Dede Ayew bag a brace to help his country to beat. Dede Ayew who place his International football with swansea in the English championship, registered his name on the score sheet on 63′ minutes and 83′ minutes respectively.

Samuel owusu, a 24 year old Al-Feiha midfielder and Substitute Caleb Ekuban was also on the score sheet for the four-time African champions.

Arsenal new signing, Thomas Teye Partey providedtwo assists which led Ghana to a 5-1 triumph over Qatar in an international friendly.

Source: SintimMedia.Com

Health

Volta, Bono, and Bono East regions are the hotspots for COVID-19 Delta variant – Ghana Health Service

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1 month ago

August 6, 2021

Sintim

ghana health service warns about covid-19

New hotspots for Coronavirus infections, particularly the Delta variant, are emerging in the Volta, Bono, and Bono East regions.

Traditional hotspots such as Greater Accra and Ashanti remain.

According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the Volta Region, which had 16 active cases on July 1, now had 532 cases as of August 1, while the Bono Region’s figures increased from eight to 200 and Bono East’s from three to 178.

During the Covid-19 update in Accra on Wednesday, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), told the media that the Delta variant was liable for 79 percent of all Covid-19 cases within the Greater Accra Region.

He claimed that the Delta variant, which had a higher transmission rate and a more severe disease burden, was becoming dominant, and that stricter enforcement of the safety protocols was needed to stop the virus from spreading further.

According to him, the situation has resulted in an increase in workplace and school infections, with active cases jumping from 1,600 to over 6,000 in less than a month.

As of August 1, 2021, there were 6,766 active cases with 854 deaths.

“The current trend of cases with low adherence to Covid-19 safety protocols raises the likelihood of a bigger third wave.”

“With an increase in severe and critical cases, the average number of cases per day is likely to rise. Because the outbreak has the potential to have a negative impact on all sectors, aggressive efforts to reverse the trend are required, according to Dr. Kuma-Aboagye.

There are now 272 hospital admissions in the Greater Accra Region, with 36 critical cases, 87 severe cases, and 107 mild to moderate cases.

Non-wearing of nose masks, disregard for the social distancing rule, and non-observance of regular hand hygiene, according to Dr. Kuma-Aboagye, were the driving forces behind the increase in infections, while 98 percent of the population had not been vaccinated, exposing more people to the virus.

He said that 404 schools had reported positive cases of the virus, with a complete of two ,864 positive cases and 304 active cases.