The Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has called on parents and guardians to continue to render their utmost support to their children as they study at home. He also congratulated them for doing exceptionally well so far and encouraged them to continue to make the safety and well-being of themselves and their families […] The post COVID-19: Support your kids

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) are expected to complete work on Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits for COVID-19 this week. This is to help enhance the country’s testing capacity and better determine the incidence rate. So far some 100,000 tests have been conducted with 1,550 positive […] The post Coronavirus:

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says hospital projects started by the erstwhile Mahama administration have not been abandoned but are being worked on. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 26, 2020, during his national address, announced the construction of hospitals in some 88 districts across the country. He also reiterated the government’s plans of building […] The post Hospital

Ever since COVID-19 began to wreck humanity with its excruciating jaws, no nation has easily had a good sleep in the attempt to mitigate the pandemic. WHO has encouraged countries and continents to continuously work hard to combat the crisis and Ghana- one of the most prominent countries in West Africa has also been on […] The post The loss of Prof.

In these times, the sight of a public gathering of hundreds of people mostly without face masks is alarming. But that is what happened at a demonstration against the shutdown measures in Washington State. “We believe that the state governor has gone beyond his constitutional authority in shutting down businesses and ordering people to stay […] The post Coronavirus:

On the morning of 6th March (a few years ago), I was readying to partake in the Begoro annual district fun games. While bathing, my phone rang. It was the maternity DH-B calling. My first thought even before picking the call was that it was not going to be a holiday for me. On the […] The post Dr. Nii Darku Dodoo writes: Dr. Kwame Anim-Boamah; a true hero

Ghana’s fastest-growing television station, Citi TV will be holding a virtual concert on May Day in honour of health workers, who have been hailed for their role on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Health workers have been at the forefront of the national conversation since Ghana recorded its first coronavirus cases on March […] The post #RallyRoundTheFlag:

The Bureau of Public Safety is demanding the immediate regulation of the sale of face masks amid their growing importance during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The government has essentially directed all citizens to wear facemasks once they leave their homes. Speaking to Citi News, the Executive Director of the Bureau, Nana Yaw Akwada said “All […] The post Bureau

The Bureau of Public Safety is demanding the immediate regulation of the production of face masks amid their growing importance during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The government has essentially directed all citizens to wear facemasks once they leave their homes. Speaking to Citi News, the Executive Director of the Bureau, Nana Yaw Akwada said “All […] The post Bureau

Indigenes of Lugni, a village in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region, living outside the community have donated some personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to the only CHPS in the area. The donation forms part of efforts to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic. The items include a thousand pieces of surgical gloves, thousand pieces […] The post COVID-19: Indigenes

South Korea has said Kim Jong Un is “alive and well”, casting doubts again on speculation that the North Korean leader is seriously ill after undergoing heart surgery. “Our government position is firm,” Moon Chung-in, the top foreign policy adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told CNN. “Kim Jong Un is alive and well. […] The post Kim

Chile’s government has said it will go ahead with a controversial plan to issue certificates to people who have recovered from Covid-19. The documents would be given to people to allow them to return to work, Deputy Health Minister Paula Daza said. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said there is “no evidence” that people […] The post Coronavirus:

The chief executive of Airbus has reportedly issued a stark assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the plane maker. In a letter to workers, seen by news outlets, Guillaume Faury is said to have warned the company was “bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed”. This month the firm announced it was cutting […] The post Coronavirus: Airbus boss

Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions it imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures would be relaxed from 4 May, with people being allowed to visit their relatives in small numbers. Parks, factories, and building sites will reopen, but schools will […] The post Coronavirus: Italy’s

New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days – one on Sunday – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was “currently” eliminated. But officials have warned against complacency, saying it does not mean a total end to new coronavirus […] The post Coronavirus:

Seven persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the Adentan Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. They were part of a group of 42 persons arrested for breaching the lockdown directive of Accra. Accra, Kasoa, Kumasi and Tema had been under a three-week partial lockdown to curb the spread of the virus. Subsequent […] The post Adentan:

New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of COVID-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days – one on Sunday – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was “currently” eliminated. But officials have warned against complacency, saying it does not mean a total end to new coronavirus […] The post Coronavirus

Newspaper Headlines for Monday, April 27, 2020 The post Newspaper Headlines: Monday, April 27, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content.

Ghana’s informal sector recorded a growth of 5.9% in 2019; which is the second-highest following the rebasing of the economy. In relation to prices of commodities with reference to 2013 which is the base year for calculating Ghana’s economic year, the informal sector’s worth reached 45.2 billion cedis, which is the highest value for the […] The post Ghana’s

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is unhappy with recent Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) related deaths recorded in the country. He has thus made a case for the tackling of CSM head-on to prevent such deaths in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. “The recent, tragic CSM outbreak, with over forty (40) deaths, has reaffirmed the need […] The post Deaths from CSM