Government has designated the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) as coronavirus treatment centre for diplomats in Ghana. Consequently, all suspected cases of the deadly virus involving staff and personnel of diplomatic missions, honorary consulates and international organisations in Ghana are to be reported directly to the Director of the UGMC. “…The Government of Ghana […]

As grim news of the coronavirus batters Americans every day, a sobering figure came to light on Tuesday: The U.S. has more than 1 million cases of COVID-19. The horrific milestone was confirmed by data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The sum reached 1,004,908 Tuesday afternoon. That figure represents about 33% of the total number […]

Ghana’s main airport, the Kotoka International Airport, and three others in Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale have been fumigated and disinfected against the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country. The tarmacs, parking lots, arrival halls, passenger terminals, VVIP terminal at KIA, offices, lounges and shops within the airports were all fumigated and disinfected Tuesday by Ghana’s […]

Foreigners seeking to rent a residential or commercial property in Ghana are now to secure a covid-19 clearance certificate, the government has announced. Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, said Tuesday that property owners must demand clearance certificate from all foreigners showing that they are covid-19 negative before renting out their property them. […]

Government has strongly denied claims that it has abandoned some health infrastructural projects started by the previous government. “Government has never abandoned any health facility that was started by the previous government,” Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu stated Tuesday The Akufo-Addo government has recently been criticized by some Ghanaians and groups, particularly from the National Democratic […]

One hundred and twenty-one new coronavirus cases have seen Ghana’s tally shot up to 1,671. The number of recoveries has also moved up from the previous 155 to 188, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie announced Tuesday. Although five new deaths have been recorded, he said they have not been captured […]

A 42-year-old woman has been arrested at Asikuma in the Oti Region for allegedly making a fake baby bump out of slabs of compressed dried leaves which immigration officials suspected to be Indian hemp. Mavis Adubea who is from Nkonya, is said to be a businesswoman who plies her trade in Takoradi. Immigration officials are […]

At least seven women in Ghana are said to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) who are pregnant. Dr. Gabriel Benaku, Chairman for Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) on Health, who revealed this to Stephen Anti on TV3’s Midday Live Tuesday fears the disease could have effect on the unborn babies. “We already […]

Virologist at Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Dr. Michael Owusu has called for more hands as well as logistics to enhance the capacity of rapid testing at the center. He has revealed the Centre currently has over 10,000 backlog of COVID 19 samples yet to be tested, indicating that their work […]

Singer Adina is not interested in starting beef with any musician in the music industry. The singer says she does not think beefs will take her where she wants to go in the Ghanaian and global music space. For some days now, ‘MTW’, a song by Sista Afia, has ignited a lot of controversy after […]

A third of all coronavirus deaths in England and Wales are now happening in care homes, figures show. Office for National Statistics data showed there were 2,000 coronavirus care home deaths in the week ending 17 April – double the previous week. Projections for the following week – up to last Friday – suggested the […]

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Ethics Committee has received the raw footage of the “Number 12 exposé” – a documentary that exposed alleged bribery and corruption in African football which was produced by the investigative firm of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Tiger Eye PI, the Accra-based investigative organization on June 6, 2018, premiered anti-graft […]

Muslims in some communities of Accra have stated that although praying at home alone during the month of Ramadan was unpleasant, the President’s directives were also useful as it will prevent the spread of coronavirus. “Ideally praying as a group during the month of Ramadan consolidate our gains as Muslims, but under the circumstances of […]

The Director of Communications at the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has maintained that the government is committed to completing “abandoned” hospitals in addition to the 88 district hospitals. Mr. George Ayisi asserted that government has not abandoned any hospital but was only adding to existing health facilities to improve health care delivery. President Akufo-Addo […]