A decision by the Kintampo North Municipal Assembly in the Bono East Region to bury victims of a recent road crash en mass has been put on hold as authorities put in place measures to combat COVID-19. The Assembly took the mass burial decision after 25 out of 27 charred bodies from the crash could […] The post Mass burial of Kintampo road crash
Another person who tested positive to the novel Coronavirus in Ghana has died at the 37 Military Hospital. This brings to three the Coronavirus death toll in the country. Citi News understands that the third person is the wife of a former General of the Ghana Navy. According to Citi News source, the husband, an […] The post Ghana records 3rd COVID-19 death
Another person who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus in Ghana has died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. This brings to three the coronavirus death toll in the country, after a Lebanese male national resident in Kumasi, and another elderly woman also in Kumasi died, although they had underlying health conditions. Citi News […] The post Ghana records
Dyson has announced it will develop a new type of medical ventilator for the NHS, to help with coronavirus. The firm, headed by British inventor Sir James Dyson, said it had responded to the government’s request for help. Meanwhile, a consortium of more than a dozen companies aims to build ventilators based on two existing […] The post Coronavirus: Dyson develops ventilators
A Security Analyst Colonel Festus Aboagye, who is under mandatory quarantine after landing in the country three days ago says the government is failing to provide them with necessary information as to the conditions with which they are to live within isolation. President Nana Akufo-Addo earlier announced that the government will begin a mandatory quarantine […] The post COVID-19:
The novel coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana have risen to 68. This follows 15 new cases confirmed by the Ghana Health Service on Thursday morning. 12 of the new cases were from the travellers who were put under mandatory quarantine and subjected to mandatory testing. Ghana has recorded 41 cases in the last two days. […] The post Update: Coronavirus cases in Ghana hit 68 appeared
Government through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) in collaboration with the various security agencies on Tuesday embarked on a clean-up exercise at the Agbogbloshie market in the central business district of Accra. The exercise followed the massive disinfection of about 138 markets in Accra last Monday by the Local Government Ministry […] The post Local
The menace of Coronavirus (COVID 19) is still taking the world for a ride. The near devastating effect of the spread of the infectious pandemic is causing fear and panic globally. Viral diseases of such magnitude have occurred before with such mortifying effect. Flu, yellow fever, SARS, Ebola and others have all had their turns […] The post COVID-19: Time to
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12 more persons who were mandatorily quarantined by the government have tested positive for Coronavirus in Ghana. This increases the total case count of the disease to 68 in Ghana with two deaths. “The sudden spike in case incidence is as a result of the mandatory quarantine and compulsory testing for all travelers entering Ghana, […] The post 12 more
Prince of Wales has tested positive for Coronavirus, according to the BBC. The BBC said the Prince has mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health.” More soon The post Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines,
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Ghana surges, Civin Society Group, Citizen Ghana Movement is calling on the government to institute stringent measures to contain the virus. The group has asked the government to among others compel all workers in the formal sector to work from home where possible to contain the virus. Citizen […] The post COVID-19:
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Tuesday, March 24 began a nationwide exercise to ensure that beaches are closed in the wake of the ongoing novel Coronavirus pandemic. With more than a thousand people under mandatory quarantine and 53 confirmed cases of the virus and two deaths in Ghana currently, GTA says it is sparing […] The post COVID-19: Ghana Tourism Authority
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called on the government to support indigenous businesses with stimulus packages following measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country. In a statement signed by the National Chairman of the PPP, Nii Allotey Brew-Hammond, the party said the economic fallout from the pandemic […] The post Coronavirus:
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has rebuked the Minority over its handling of a memo recommending to Parliament the adoption of a bipartisan national response plan to the Coronavirus pandemic. Although the memo was addressed to the Speaker, Oquaye insisted that, at the time the document was circulating on social media, his office […] The post Speaker
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opted out of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting scheduled for today, Wednesday. The IPAC meeting will focus on the voter registration exercise, of which a number of political parties and other stakeholders have called for the exercise to be put on hold. Due to the President’s directive for […] The post COVID-19:
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opted out of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting scheduled for today, Wednesday. The IPAC meeting will focus on the voter registration exercise, of which a number of political parties and other stakeholders have called for the exercise to be put on hold. Due to the President’s directive for […] The post COVID-19:
The Ghana Education Service has assured parents and students that it will revise the academic timetable following the disruption of academic work in the wake of the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus. The education sector has been severely impacted by the outbreak as all schools have closed down and students sent home. Globally, over one […] The post GES readies
We failed to shut out COVID-19 when we could. We may have underestimated it, or we may have been bothered about the international opprobrium other than the implications for our citizens. Whatever the reason, we have ended up importing a disease or virus that we have no capacity to manage head-on. As I often say, […] The post Senyo Hosi writes on COVID-19: Lock Ghana down now
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government currently has a number of options on the table including proposals for the lockdown of the country in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In different public discourses on Ghana’s fight against COVID-19, many have called for a lockdown of the country to avoid a community spread. […] The post COVID-19
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