Rwanda has put its capital Kigali back under total lockdown for 10 days effective July 17 as the country battles a severe third wave that has seen fatalities increase over the last two weeks. As of Wednesday, Rwanda had 14,553 active coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 17.5 percent, the highest since the beginning […] The post Covid-19: Kigali under
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has debunked assertions that there are no available Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in the country to handle the recent surge in critical COVID-19 cases. The Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, insisted that enough interventions have been put in place to avert any potential disaster in the wake […] The post COVID-19: Ghana’s ICUs
The Special Advisor on Health at the Presidency, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has justified the government’s seeming inability to roll out a specific vaccination strategy amid the rising cases of COVID-19. Concerns have been raised over the government’s failure to vary its vaccination strategy in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases in the […] The post ‘We
The Special Advisor on Health at the Presidency, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has justified the government’s seeming inability to roll out a specific vaccination strategy amid the rising cases of COVID-19. Concerns have been raised over the government’s failure to vary its vaccination strategy in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases in the […] The post ‘We
The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, is asking the Privileges Committee of Parliament to ensure that MP for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong does not escape the wrath of the law for threatening the life of a journalist. Suhuyini, a former broadcaster, explained that this is not the first time the Assin Central […] The post Don’t
The AstraZeneca Africa Director, Barbara Nel, has disclosed that a total of 1.6 billion fully funded COVID-19 vaccines would be made available for COVAX dependent countries later this year through to 2022. She mentioned that countries that have successfully vaccinated the vast majority of their populace and still have excess vaccines are donating them for […] The post 1.6
AstraZeneca Africa Director, Barbara Nel, has said the limited AstraZeneca vaccine distribution in the Africa region and particularly Ghana, can be attributed to the “devastating COVID-19 second wave that happened in India” leading to a ban on the export of vaccines in that country. She believes this prevented most African governments from fully and effectively […] The post India’s
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has accused the government of not showing enough commitment to addressing concerns over their unfavourable conditions of service, which resulted in them declaring a strike in May. The strike was suspended on June 11 following a meeting with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission in which they […] The post Universities’
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has justified the procurement of West African Senior High School Examination, WASSCE, past questions at the cost of GHS 33.6 million. According to him, the supply of the questions is an essential part of the government’s effort to enhance the preparation of students ahead of the WASSCE. […] The post Adutwum
A one-time Member of Parliament and the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, says he is personally opposed to the demands by some Members of Parliament for the car loan arrangement facilitated for them by the government to be scrapped and replaced with state-funded vehicles. He says it will […] The post State-funded
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