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

iWatch Africa, as part of its efforts to promote digital rights in Ghana, has empirically established that Journalists, Media Workers and Rights Activists in Ghana are attacked and abused on Twitter more than on any other digital platform in the country. iWatch Africa, through the Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF) is tracking, documenting and analyzing […] The post Ghanaian

The Federal Republic of Nigeria on Thursday, April 16, tested some 6,649 blood samples for coronavirus. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet on Read More... The post Nigeria Test 6,649 Samples For Covid-19 In 24hrs appeared

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

Total confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world now stands at an estimated 2,159,450. This is according to a report by the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Centre. Read More... The post Global Count: Total Confirmed

It is apparent that the most critical part of protecting yourself against the COVID-19 is adhering to appropriate preventative actions, particularly hand hygiene and appropriate social distancing. Many people are gripped with fear and anxiety. However, instead of wallowing in fear and worry, this is a good time to enhance your physical and emotional pliability, […] The post COVID-19:

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:

TWENTY- FOUR out of 29 suspected cases recorded in Bono Region have tested negative from the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), with five cases awaiting results. This is according Read More... The post 24 Suspected Coronavirus Cases

Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise... The post Africa could be next coronavirus epicentre – WHO appeared first on The Chronicle Online.

Head of Communication at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Damoah has said that the money for the payment of the electricity reliefs announced by government to cushion Ghanaians following the COVID-19 economic slowdown is ready and will be paid on a monthly basis. President Nana Akufo-Addo in his sixth national address to the nation on […] The post Money

Government has commended the team undertaking the COVID-19 contact tracing exercise as well as the lab technicians who test samples brought from the field. Few days after the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, the government tasked a team to search for persons who may have came into contact with persons who tested positive for the disease, […] The post Government

Taking the world by storm, Nana Tafregya Pallbearers in recent times have earned headlines on various news platforms including BBC. Exercising adroit skills in what they do, these pallbearers are lifting the mood at funerals in Ghana with flamboyant coffin-carrying dance forms, causing families to increasingly pay for their services in sending their loved ones […]

A pastor and two church workers have been sent to the Ho Central Prison to serve a four-year jail term each for... The post Pastor, 2 church workers jailed 4 years each for flouting ban on public gathering appeared first on The Chronicle Online.

Whether it's goats in Wales or wild boar in Italy, animals around the world appear to be adjusting well to life without humans during the coronavirus outbreak.

Ken Ofori-Atta Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is one of the three persons that are to speak at this year’s Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Read More... The post Ken Ofori-Atta Among 3 Speakers At IMF Spring

Leading online sports betting provider, Betway, has presented a cheque of GHC 150,000 to the government’s COVID-19 Trust Fund to help lessen the effect of the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. Betway – which operates in Ghana as Sports Betting Group Ghana Limited – donated the sum when its Director and Board Secretary, Dr. Kweku […] The post COVID-19: Betway

There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than 18,000 infections across Africa so far.

Next to the health and economic sectors, the legal and justice sectors of countries have been prominent in the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic. The justice sector moderates all other sectors of national life and is as active in peacetime as in times of war or emergency. But I would argue that in Ghana, the […] The post What COVID-19 reveals about