Health
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True, Death by Force-Feeding Is Possible
A Facebook User says force-feeding children can cause death. Children can easily die from force-feeding if things go wrong while…
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Are 50 per cent of Ghanaian men impotent?
News reports claim a health practitioner has said 50 per cent of Ghanaian men are impotent Dr Amanamah was misrepresented…
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UPDATED: Fact-checking Dr Okoe Boye on Cost of Covid-19 Testing In Other Countries: A blend of true and false claims
This fact-check has been updated to include a response on the cost of Covid-19 testing in China.
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Nexus between Information Disorder and Media Framing of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Framing of messages and images in the media in the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus has reignited the…
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As politics takes the limelight; a look into the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the dying interest in stories regarding coronavirus in Ghana at a time that the country’s preparations for elections are…
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Fact-Check: How true is the claim that COVID-19 does not spread fast in public transports?
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, says COVID-19 does not spread fast in buses. Studies have…
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Experts dismiss claims of an American-based doctor on Covid cure
A Houston-based doctor, Dr Stella Immanuel, in a viral video, announced wonder drugs for COVID-19 The claims that Hydroxychloroquine, Zithromax…
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UPDATED: How true is the claim that COVID-19 patients do not ‘truly’ recover?
This article has been updated to include a response from Cherie Antoinette, the Twitter user whose tweet was the basis…
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What WHO said on COVID-19 transmission by symptomatic and asymptomatic patients
Viral social media messages claim the World Health Organisation has said COVID-19 patients can not transmit the virus from one…
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No, drinking ‘akpeteshie’, and using alcohol as sanitisers will NOT kill the coronavirus!
Since the first two cases of COVID-19 in Ghana was announced, prices of hand sanitizers have increased drastically. This is…
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