Public health facilities in the Greater Accra Region are running out of Viral Transport Medium (VTM) and swab kits used for COVID-19 test. This is as a result of the increasing number of people rushing to the facilities for voluntary tests, with the country‘s case count going up. Checks by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) … The post Hospitals in Accra running out
Despite the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country, people continue to ignore safety protocols with ‘business as usual’ attitudes at funerals and other social gatherings. Majority of patrons at three funeral grounds the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited in Jamestown, Accra, were not in nose masks, and a few with nose masks having them … The post COVID-19: Business
Security forces in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state have killed or arrested more than 1,100 Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebels, an Ethiopian official said on Friday. Ararsa Merdasa, commissioner of the Oromia Police Commission, said more than 1,100 OLA rebels have been arrested or killed during security operations in recent weeks across the region. Merdasa further … The post More
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says plans are afoot to map FDA registration numbers with importer Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) under the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS). The move, the Authority explains, would not only prevent unapproved importers from using registration numbers of others to transact business as has been detected over the years, … The post FDA
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says all necessary measures have been put in place ahead of the official re-opening of basic schools on Monday, January 18, 2021, for effective teaching and learning. The Service, in a statement issued in Accra, and signed by Ms. Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations Unit, therefore, urged pupils, … The post GES
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has rejected a call by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament for the abrogation of the $570 million Accra-Tema Motorway expansion contract. The NDC Caucus in Parliament at a news conference on Wednesday, January 13, had called for the contract between the Government and Mota-Engil Engenharia E … The post Accra-Tema
Italy’s privacy regulator on Friday formally opened up a probe into the policies of digital messaging app WhatsApp, a day after the entity called on the European Commission to look into WhatsApp’s new terms and conditions initially set to enter into force next month. WhatsApp, a subsidiary of the social media giant Facebook, is the … The post Italy
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