Hundreds of traders from the Nima market besieged the Ayawaso East Municipal Assembly on Friday, to demand the re-opening of the Nima market. The Assembly today [Friday, 24th April 2020] temporarily closed down the market attributing it to the traders’ non-compliance of the social distancing directive announced by the president and health authorities. Speaking to […] The post Nima

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab has clarified why the government is seeking a storage capacity building private partnership module. The National Food Buffer Stock Company currently has a storage capacity of thirty thousand metric tonnes, a situation its CEO describes as woefully inadequate. The storage capacity building […] The post Ghana

A leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat coronavirus. Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Lysol and Dettol, said “under no circumstance” should its products be injected or ingested. President Trump faces a backlash over his […] The post Coronavirus:

Algeria has ended a full lockdown on the northern Blida province, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, and replaced it with a curfew during the holy month of Ramadhan. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad said the curfew will begin at 14:00 local time (13:00GMT) and end at 07:00 the next day. It is […] The post Algeria lifts lockdown on coronavirus epicentre

As Muslims begin the month of Ramadan today [24th April 2020], the Spokesperson of the National Chief Imam, Sheik Aremeyaw Shaibu has noted that this year’s Ramadan will be different due to the absence of its related devotional activities; Tarawih, Isah Qadr and Tafsir. These changes come into effect due to the compliance of the […] The post Ramadan

More than 12 million players logged in for Fortnite’s concert featuring Travis Scott, with reviewers calling it “stunning” and “spectacular”. It included a skyscraper-sized version of Scott teleporting across the landscape as he performed his songs. Fortnite is one the world’s most popular games, attracting millions of young players from across the globe. Scott used […] The post Fortnite’s

Ghana’s leading producer of water tanks and sanitation storage products- PolyTank has through its mother company -Mohinani Group, donated 10 pieces of 10,000-litre polytank (water tanks) to the COVID-19 Fund. The donation was done at the premises of the Ministry of Sanitation & Water Resources today, Friday, April 24, 2020. The tanks which were presented […] The post Polytank

The Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has stepped up its fumigation exercise of public Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ashanti Region. The exercise which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Education seeks to rid the schools of bedbugs, mosquitoes, ants and other harmful reptiles. Its objective is to create a […] The post A/R: Zoomlion steps

The Upper West Regional Health Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Osei Kuffour-Afreh has been reassigned to the national headquarters. His reassignment according to the GHS is to seek his support in the country’s continuous fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic. In a memo signed by the Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Kuffour-Afreh […] The post U/W

One more death has been recorded from the novel coronavirus in Ghana. The Ghana Health Service has not provided any details on the latest fatality. Ghana’s case count has also risen to 1,279 from the 1,154 announced last Tuesday with 134 recoveries. The Oti and Western North Regions have become the latest regions to confirm […] The post One more death recorded

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PharmAccess Foundation, has introduced a new care coordination service app, to efficiently provide healthcare services for people with Covid-19. The app, CovidConnect, will offer individuals a range of services including care management and monitoring, to patients. CovidConnect will ensure the […] The post UGMC

The death toll from novel coronavirus in Ghana has risen to 10. There is no information on the new death. Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has also risen to 1,279. The Oti and Western North Regions have become the latest regions in Ghana to confirm cases of the virus. The Western North Region has recorded one […] The post One more person dies of COVID-19 in Ghana, death

Oti and Western North Regions have become the new regions in Ghana to have confirmed cases of Coronavirus. Whilst the Western North has recorded one case, Oti has 13 cases. This was confirmed by the  Ghana Health Service’s dedicated website in providing updates of the disease in the country. The national case count has also […] The post COVID-19 hits Oti, Western North regions

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 1,279 from the 1,154 announced last Tuesday. This update represents 125 new cases confirmed in the country. According to the latest Ghana Health Service update of April 24, 2020, Oti and Western North regions have now recorded cases increasing the number of regions affected by COVID-19 to 12 […] The post Ghana’s

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The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital will organise a mass burial of all unknown and unclaimed bodies within the next two weeks. The Hospital served this notice in a statement, explaining that the move is to “decongest the Hospital’s mortuary which is currently full beyond its carrying capacity.” Some of the bodies, according to the Hospital […] The post We’ll

Attempts by some members of the National Democratic Congress in Effutu constituency in the Central Region to hold a press conference to demand that their parliamentary candidate, James Kofi Annan steps down resulted in a near brawl. The NDC members are unhappy with their parliamentary candidate and have vowed to use every means possible to […] The post NDC

Seven people have died from Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper East Region. Out of 71 suspected cases reported between January and April 2020, 21 were tested and confirmed positive of Meningitis with seven succumbing to the disease. The other persons are still receiving treatment. Speaking to Citi News, the Upper East Regional Director of […] The post Seven persons die

The Veterinary Service Directorate expects to avail two more labs for novel coronavirus testing in Ghana by next week. The directorate’s Accra labs have been supporting the Noguchi Medical Research Institute in the processing and testing of samples for the virus since late March. Now Dr. Fenteng Danso, the National Head of Epidemiology at the […] The post Veterinary

Former President John Dramani Mahama is calling for an audit of the COVID-19 Trust Fund set up by the government to assist vulnerable people who will be worst-hit by the pandemic. The former President in a digital conversation also asked administrators of the Fund to keep receipts of expenditure to enhance accountability in the management […] The post COVID-19 Trust Fund should