The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics, a diagnostic company in Kumasi have developed and are optimising Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) for COVID-19 testing. This significant contribution towards the fight against COVID-19, will augment the current COVID-19 testing regime in the country. The development of the RDT is in line […]
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), Ghana has donated GHS 100,000 to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund. The donation was presented at the COVID-19 Trust Fund Office, Jubilee house on Monday, April 27, 2020. Presenting the Cheque, The President of Southern Ghana Union Conference, Pastor Dr. Thomas Techie Ocran praised the efforts of the government in […]
Chinese Construction Company operating in Ghana, Hunan Construction Engineering Group (HNCEG) has supported Government of Ghana’s efforts towards the fight against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic with a total of 32,000 PPEs. The donation, which was presented on Monday, 27th April, 2020 at the premises of the Ghana Health Services (GHS) Head Office includes 20,000 surgical […]
By Ray Kwakye The leadership of Christian Divine Church has donated assorted items and cash to the Municipal Government Hospital at Tarkwa to help the fight against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The items, worth over 15,000 ghc include detergents, tissue paper, washing bowls, Veronica buckets, edibles and a cash amount of 10, 000 ghc. […]
The President on Sunday evening gave an update on national efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus in Ghana, the eighth of such exercise since March. Nana Akufo-Addo said in the televised address that he took many of the decisions after a meeting with the Council of State and other key stakeholders. We present […]
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) laboratory in Ho is to begin testing for Covid-19 from Monday, April 27, 2020. This is to expand the country’s testing capacity to contain the spread of the Coronavirus disease. Dr. Senanu Kwasi Dzokoto, Deputy Volta Regional Director of Health in charge of Public Health who confirmed […]
Mynewsgh has confirmed that two policemen have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and are currently undergoing treatment. The two were exposed to patients of the virus in separate instances while on official duties. According to police sources, one of the policemen who was on escort duties to the Upper East Region was exposed to […]
Child Rights International (CRI), a child-centred organisation, has called on the Ministry of Education (MoE) to consider using the continuous assessment method as an alternative to award certification or grade students who are going to write BECE and WASSCE in the absence of written examinations at the end of their school term. The move, according […]
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Sunday listed 10 registered and approved face masks and shield for public use to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic. They are Heritage Face Mask, Joeritz Face shield, Lily of the Valley Face Mask, Notill Face Mask, Otech Biotech Face Mask, Pacific Face Mask, Sixteen 47 Face Shield, Sixteen […]
A middle age man and a native of Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region is currently battling for his life at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after he was allegedly caught bonking one of the wives of a renowned Paramount Chief and beaten to pulp. Angry residents who subjected the man […]
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is unable to deliver on its role of educating the Ghanaian public on Covid-19 safety protocols due to severe financial and logistical challenges. Chairperson of the commission, Ms Josephine Nkrumah, recently said during an interview on state-owned Ghana Television that the commission’s allocation to its satellite districts across […]
Ebenezer Azamati, the Ghanaian student who was brutalized in Oxford Union last year has been awarded a Cambridge International Scholarship to study a PhD in Politics and International Studies. After a rigorous application process, the University of Cambridge published their list of successful candidates on their website. The Cambridge International Scholarship, established in the 1980s, […]
