The Canadian High Commission is the latest to shutdown its Ghana offices in the capital Accra, following the Coronavirus outbreak. “In doing our part to #flattenthecurve & prevent the spread of #COVID19, our offices are closed to the general public until further notice,” the High Commission posted on Twitter on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. It is gathered […]
The European Commission is planning to ban all non-essential travel throughout Europe’s Schengen free-travel zone as more countries close their borders to try to limit the spread of coronavirus. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she would ask leaders to implement the measures on Tuesday. “The less travel, the more we can contain the […]
Ashesi University is suspending classes effective Monday, March 16, 2020. This comes in the wake of the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the country. A notice from the school said “we are pausing all classes, effective immediately, until further notice.” The school’s definite decision comes after the government announced a new travel advisory […]
HUNDREDS of Hindu worshipers have sipped cups of cow urine in India in a bid to ward off the coronavirus. Members of a Hindu nationalist group hosted a party in Delhi yesterday where they drank the urine to combat Covid-19. Further gatherings are planned elsewhere in India. A vaccine is not yet available for the virus, […]
Former Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba has urged President Akufo Addo to issue an executive directive to cause the arrest of anybody who sells hand sanitizers above the normal price in the wake of the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Following the confirmation of cases of the disease in Ghana, there’s been […]
Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin propose. Some patients denied intensive care will in effect be left to die, doctors fear. The unit has drawn […]
Young Ghanaian Businessman, Ibrah One is impressing upon President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to release all prisoners over the Coronavirus pandemic. His call comes less than 24 hours after the president addressed the nation and ordered the suspension of activities in schools, churches, funerals and seminars among others. Ibrah One in a post on Social […]
Cristiano Ronaldo will ‘convert all of his hotels in Portugal into temporary hospitals to help take on the coronavirus’, according to reports. The generous Juventus star will also personally foot the bills and wages of doctors and nurses working within them so as not to burden the country’s health service. Ronaldo owns a £165-a-night, four-star hotel in Funchal on […]
Ghana has recorded her first cases of Coronavirus COVID-19 with two foreign nationals from Norway and Turkey, the Ministry of Health has announced. As statement issued under the hand of the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu and sighted by BestNewsGH.com said the ‘’Laboatory results of the two confirmed cases were received at the same time […]
Barely 48 hours after Ghana’s Vice President introduced the ‘elbow greeting’ as away of preventing the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan and the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Dr. Affail Monney have been caught on camera, exchanging greetings using their elbows. The Vice President, Dr. […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has reportedly suffered a huge loss of N240 billion in five hours due to coronavirus on Wednesday March 11, 2020. The ‘Dangote Group’ suffered huge losses just after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared coronavirus a pandemic (spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time) which orignated […]
Denmark’s Prime Minister has announced that the country will close all kindergartens, schools and universities for two weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus. At a press conference on Wednesday evening, PM Mette Frederiksen said public sector employees who do not perform critical functions will be sent home on paid leave, while those in […]
