The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has released a list approved hand sanitizers which should be the only ones the generality of the Ghanaian people patronize. The Authority in a Statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Delese Darko and sighted by BestNewsGH.com admonished the public to stick to only these approved hand sanitizers […]
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COVID-19: ‘Add us to list of essential service providers; we have bills to pay’ – Kenyan sex workers petition gov’t
Sex workers in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa have petitioned the government to list them as essential service providers amid the coronavirus lockdown. They argue that they have lost their source of income as a result of the global pandemic. The city, alongside Nairobi and Kilifi, were identified as COVID-19 hotspots and placed on a 21-day partial lockdown on April 8. According […]
COVID-19: TUC Cancels 2020 May Day celebrations
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has cancelled the 2020 May Day Celebrations following the outbreak of the novel COVID-19 Pandemic. A statement signed by TUC Secretary-General, Dr Yaw Baah and in the possession of BestNewsGH.com read in part that ‘’On behalf of the Organised Labour National May Day Planning Committee, I regret to inform all […]
COVID-19: Ghana mission to UN seek info on Ghanaians dead in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
The Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations and the Consulate-General of Ghana is seeking information on Ghanaians who may have died from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The Mission says it is making frantic efforts to track the welfare of the Ghanaian Community in […]
COVID-19: NPP suspends Parliamentary Primaries indefinitely
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has Suspended its Parliamentary Primaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BestNewsGH.com can report. The party’s Parliamentary Primaries was scheduled for April 25, 2020 across the country. But a statement from Party and signed by its General Secretary, Mr. John Boadu said the decision to suspend the Parliamentary Primaries was […]
Zoomlion undertakes free disinfection of Institutions to Combat Convid-19*
Waste Management Company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has began massive disinfection of public and some private institutions to help contain the spread of the novel convid-19 pandemic. Ghana has recorded one of the highest confirmed cases of Convid 19 within the sub region. The government has however extended its lockdown measures within the Greater Accra, Kasoa […]
COVID-19: Diamond Cement donates 100k cash and 150k worth of cement to National Trust Fund
Cement manufacturing Company, Diamond Cement Group has presented a cash cheque of GH₵100,000 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund to support government’s effort in curbing the spread of coronavirus. In addition the Group earlier donated a total of 250 tonnes of cement worth GH₵150,000 towards the rehabilitation of isolation centres across the country. The donation […]
COVID-19: Clearance of all types of goods at sea ports still on-going-GPHA
Port users are being encouraged to continue to clear all goods at Ghana’s sea ports since cargo movements are exempted from the current restrictions on movements of persons in Ghana. According to Esther Gyebi Donkor, General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Affairs of GPHA the Port is clearing every type of cargo. “We have not limited […]
Just in: Ghana confirms 70 new COVID-19 cases; total stands at 636
Ghana has recorded 70 more cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 636, Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. “The breakdown of the 636 positive cases are as follows: seventeen (17) have been treated, reverted to negative on repeat tests and discharged, 605 cases have been categorised as mild disease and are on […]
COVID-19: EU gifts Nigeria €50 million to aid in fight
The European Union (EU) has gifted Nigeria €50 million, the equivalent of 21 Billion Naira to help it fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. BestNewsGH.com can report that the disclosure of the donation was made when Nigerian President, Mahamadu Buhari received a delegation from the European Union at the country’s State House in Abuja on Tuesday, […]
COVID-19: Keep calm; don’t be panic because of increasing number of positive cases-GMA
The President of the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Chapter of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Alex Egotey has admonished Ghanaians not to panic in the face of the increasing number of the Coronavirus disease. He has rather advised them to continue to observe the various protocols and precautionary measures put in place by […]
COVID-19: 66 more persons test negative; 17 fully recover-GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says some seventeen (17) persons have fully ‘clinically’ recovered from the COVID-19 virus in the country, according to a briefing by its Director-General, early Tuesday morning. Dr. Patrick Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service said at the media briefing that “We have 17 persons who have recorded negatives […]