A new report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says more than 300,000 Africans could lose their lives to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if the virus continues to impact the continent’s struggling economies whose growth is expected to slow down from 3.2 per cent to 1.8 per cent in a best-case scenario, pushing close … The post COVID-19 could kill

The dwindling demand for cars and the massive production bottlenecks caused by the coronavirus crisis has hit German automotive giant Volkswagen hard in the first quarter. VW which has announced a car assembly plant in Ghana, was scheduled to start operations in the country March 18, 2020, but that doesn’t look possible. Ghana first announced … The post Coronavirus

The dwindling demand for cars and the massive production bottlenecks caused by the coronavirus crisis has hit German automotive giant Volkswagen hard in the first quarter. VW which has announced a car assembly plant in Ghana, was scheduled to start operations in the country March 18, 2020, but that doesn’t look possible. Ghana first announced … The post Coronavirus

Government has withdrawn the 13.5 pesewas Cylinder Recovery Levy imposed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with immediate effect. The NPA on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 directed liquefied petroleum gas marketing companies and industry players to charge 13.5 pesewas on each kilogramme of LPG. The Authority, in a statement, said … The post Government

Some staff of the Tema General Hospital (TGH) are threatening to abandon post as management conceals information on colleagues who have tested positive to COVID-19. The Tema General Hospital is one of the designated national treatment centres for the coronavirus. According to the aggrieved workers, management of the hospital was endangering their lives because they … The post Some

Mr John Peter Amewu, the Energy Minister, has reiterated that disconnected customers will not benefit from the free electricity announced by the President, as part of efforts to mitigate the hardships of the the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister explained that in order for such disconnected customers to be able to benefit from the free electricity … The post Disconnected

Ghana has recorded a total of 1.3 per cent of COVID-19 infections among the at-risk population of 50,719 tested, as at April 15, 2020. Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, said as at mid-night on April 15, the country’s COVID-19 case count was 641. There have been eight deaths and 83 recovered patients. … The post Ghana’s

CUTS Ghana, a  research and public policy think tank, has called on the African Union to immediately postpone the scheduled date for the commencement of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It said the proposed July one date for the commencement of trade under the AfCFTA was no longer feasible due to … The post AU urged to postpone trading

Transport operators and drivers in Western North Region have increased transport fares by over 25 percent. This follows the directives by the Ghana Private Road Transport (GPRTU) for drivers to reduce the number of passengers travelling in buses and taxi cabs to ensure social distancing. Passengers traveling from Sefwi -Waiwso the Regional capital to Sefwi- … The post Transport

The Somey Traditional Area has distanced itself from suggestions that the COVID-19 would disappear from Ghana after Zakadza Shrine (Nogokpo Shrine) rituals on April 19. Mr Williams Amuzu Agbodzalo, Senior Panel member of Zakadza Shrine, had said mystical powers of Torgbui Zakadza would be invoked during private rituals on April 19 to cleanse the land … The post Somey

Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Deputy Health Minister designate, has said the Government’s current measures to contain COVID-19  might have to continue for the next two weeks. This is because the nation would enter a crucial stage within the period where many of the backlogs of test results would be announced. “The situation from the test results … The post Anti

Ghana confirmed COVID-19 cases at 641The number of conformed COVID-19 cases in Ghana stands at 641after testing was done for a total of 50,719 persons, as at 12:025hours on Tuesday, April 17, 2020. The record also shows that five new cases – made up of one from the Adentan Municipality, and two each from the … The post Ghana confirmed COVID-19 cases at 641 appeared

About 40 hospital staff of the Hohoe Municipal Hospital in the Volta region have been quarantined with 85 contacts traced after the Hospital recorded two positive cases of the novel corona virus disease. The two positive cases are a 22-year-old woman who returned to Hohoe from Ashaiman and a 32-year-old man who returned from Tema … The post COVID-19: