CORONA METER UPDATE OCTOBER 19th. 1. ACTIVE cases as a percentage of recorded infections were: Globally 22.5% Africa 15.5% South Africa 7.6% In Ghana, it was REMARKABLY lower at 0.8% 2. Current official RECOVERY rate Ghana 98.5% - well above…

1. Ghana’s current official RECOVERY rate of 98.7% is well above the Global (75.1%), African (82.6%) South African (90.1%) benchmarks. 2. The unfortunate DEATH rate as a percentage of recorded infections for Ghana was 0.65% and still well below the…

It is expected that recorded infections in Africa will reach the 200k mark soon. Questions surrounding the spread of the highly contagious novel Coronavirus continue to abound and there seem to be more questions than answers at this stage. On…

COULD WIGS AND SYNTHETIC HAIR EXTENSIONS BE SAFE HAVENS FOR THIS CUNNING AND ELUSIVE CORONAVIRUS? JUDGE FOR YOURSELF BY PROF DOUGLAS BOATENG On 17 March 2020 it was reported that a study from the National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA…

PART 7b: SA UNKNOWINGLY WELCOMED THE CORONAVIRUS MUCH EARLIER THAT WE THINK BY PROF DOUGLAS BOATENG Peer-reviewed research publications from among others UCL’s Genetics Institute, are increasingly supporting the hypothesis that SAR-COV-2 (i.e. Coronavirus) may have been with us since…

PART 7a: CORONAVIRUS MAY HAVE BEEN WITH US MUCH EARLIER THAN WE THINK BY PROF DOUGLAS BOATENG Peer-reviewed research publications from among others UCL’s Genetics Institute, are increasingly supporting the hypothesis that SAR-COV-2 (i.e. Coronavirus) may have been with us…

PART 6: CORONA-METER WEEKLY UPDATE. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF BY PROF DOUGLAS BOATENG WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVE: As at May 2, globally, (a) the three million (3 481 382) total recorded Coronavirus (SAR-COV-2) infection cases equate to 0,045% of the 7.9 billion global population;…

PART 5: THE TRUE FACTS AFTER EIGHTY DAYS. THE PATTERNS ARE BECOMING CLEAR. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF BY PROF DOUGLAS BOATENG WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVE: As at April 27, globally, (a) the approximately three million (3,013, 803) total recorded Coronavirus (SAR-COV-2) infection cases equate…

PART 4: FUTURE SAR-COV-2 AND ASSOCIATED COVID-19 MODELS ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DATA THAT GOES INTO THEM BY PROF DOUGLAS BOATENG Without a doubt forecasting and scenario planning are an essential component of any pandemic management strategy. Obtaining data…