About 1,300 sprayers will be disinfecting 137 markets in the Greater Accra Region today, Monday as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana. This is according to a document sighted by Citi News which assigned 10 sprayers to each market. The Greater Accra Regional Coordination Council will be […] The post About 1,300 sprayers to
The Bureau of Public Safety has called for the “immediate discriminated lockdown” of Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions for at least 21 days. The Bureau also called for the lockdown of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and all All Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). It added that essential services could be exempted from […] The post Coronavirus:
As part of efforts to promote and encourage the use of digital payment options to limit the possible spread of the Coronavirus through physical cash, the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) has waived off fees on all electronic payments services used by its partner financial service providers. The fee waiver which is […] The post Coronavirus:
The novel coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana have risen to 24. “Twenty-three of the confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation and one of the cases who had an underlying chronic pulmonary condition prior to having COVID-19 died [on Saturday, March 21],” the Ghana Health Service said in an update. Among the confirmed cases in […] The post Coronavirus cases in Ghana
A number of major churches in Ghana shifted their fellowships online as they observed the ban on public gatherings amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic which will last for at least two more weeks. Some of the household names like the International Central Gospel Church, Action Chapel and Lighthouse Chapel international already had systems in place […] The post Churches
Nigeria’s cases of the coronavirus have risen to 30 after its National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed three more new cases on Sunday. “Three new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria,” NCDC said on Sunday afternoon. “2 cases are returning travellers and 1 is a contact of a confirmed case.” One […] The post Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 30
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the Imposition of Restrictions Bill has the tendency of endangering the democracy that the country currently enjoys. Parliament on Friday, March 20 passed the Imposition of Restrictions Bill to give legal backing to powers that can be exercised by the President to impose restrictions on citizens in […] The post Imposition
Police in the Ashanti Region has rearrested the head pastor of Open Arms Ministries, Apostle Kofi Nkansah Sarkodie, for once again holding a church service despite the ban on religious activities because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Apostle Kofi Nkansah Sarkodie and two of his church members were first arrested on Wednesday for defying the […] The post A/R: Pastor
Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being taken to hospital with coronavirus. Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period in which Real won the Champions League twice. “My father has just died,” wrote Sanz’s son Lorenzo Sanz Duran on Twitter. “He did not deserve this end in […] The post Former
The disinfection exercise to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus in Ghana will be done in some 137 markets in the Greater Accra Region on Monday, March 23, 2020. The Greater Accra Regional Coordination Council “is to coordinate and ensure compliance” with these plans, according to a statement from the Local Government Ministry. This […] The post 137
Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless by a heavy storm in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North Municipality of the Northern Region. The rain, which started around 3 pm on Saturday 21st March 2020, ripped off the roofs of several homes, schools, hospital staff bungalows and destroyed foodstuffs, electric poles and church buildings. Many people […] The post N/R: Hundreds displaced
Mother of a 15-year old girl is seeking justice after her daughter was allegedly shot dead by an unidentified man at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region early on Sunday morning. The incident which happened at 12 AM left relatives in a state of shock. The Airport District Police Command in […] The post A/R: Mother cries for justice
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has joined calls for the state to provide clarity on its plans to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during a service streamed online to mark the end of the NDC’s three days of fasting and prayers over the virus, Mr. Mahama acknowledged the importance of […] The post Coronavirus
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has submitted a proposal of a national action plan on combating the novel coronavirus to the Speaker of Parliament. Speaking at a Service to end the three days of prayer and fasting declared by the NDC, the former President indicated that as […] The post NDC assembles 11-member
As part of measures to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus in the country, all persons who may have come into contact with any patient who tested positive will also be tested for the virus. This was announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo in a televised national address on Saturday 21st March 2020. According to […] The post Contact-tracing: Every
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that government is in the process of securing some 50,000 test kits as part of measures to check the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Ghana in the last two weeks has so far recorded 21 coronavirus cases with one death. In an address to the nation on […] The post COVID-19: Government to secure 50,000 test kits
The Coronavirus scare is real! Ghana has so far confirmed 21 cases – comprising both imported and community level infections. Unfortunately, one of the patients with an underlying health condition died on Saturday. The global figures are mind-blowing! The disease inspires fear in most Ghanaians who get to know not only about its rapid spread […] The post Omane
President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed that eight out of the 20 active cases of COVID-19 in Ghana are being managed from home. There have been 15 new cases of the virus this past week, increasing Ghana’s total to 21, with one patient dead. In the third national address held on Saturday night, President Akufo-Addo said […] The post Coronavirus cases: Eight
In the wake of the deadly COVID-19 virus outbreak, which Ghana has now recorded 7 cases and still counting, the Alliance for Development and Industrialization, (ADI), one of the leading think tank groups in the country, is asking the government to consider this pandemic as a wake-up for the growth of the country’s industrialization. “We […] The post Elikem
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