The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$1 billion to Ghana to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The money is to help Ghana address the “fiscal and balance of payments needs” and also help the country to improve confidence in its economy especially in the wake of the COVID-19 […]
There are 70 coronavirus vaccines in development globally, with three candidates already being tested in human trials, according to the World Health Organization, as drugmakers race to find a cure for the deadly pathogen. The furthest along in the clinical process is an experimental vaccine developed by Hong Kong-listed CanSino Biologics Inc. and the Beijing […]
Ten foreigners who broke a coronavirus lockdown in an Indian town made famous by the Beatles, were forced to repent by writing “I am so sorry” — 500 times, officials said Sunday. The nationwide lockdown was imposed near the end of March, with residents permitted to leave their homes only for essential services such as […]
The Chief Executive (CEO) of the Forestry Commission (FC), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has admonished the generality of the Ghanaian people to be each other’s keeper even as the country marks death and resurrection of Jesus Christ amid the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. According to the former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), […]
A teenage girl in California killed herself after she reportedly struggled to cope with the state’s stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak. Jo’Vianni Smith, 15, of Stockton, was found dead inside her home after she hanged herself last week. A coach at Jo’Vianni’s school, Bear Creek High School, told Recordnet that ‘the cause of death reportedly was due to the stresses and […]
Government is spending GHC2 million on the hot meals being provided for Ghaianas in the lockdown areas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana, NADMO has revealed. According to the Communications Director of NADMO, George Ayisi, each pack of food costs the state GHC5. Over 400,000 people are being fed under the social […]
African governments have teamed up to fight the alleged acts of racial discrimination against their nationals residing in China. Last week, there were widespread videos and various reports of some ‘ill-treatment’ being meted out to Africans in the Chinese city, Guangzhou, including eviction from places of residence, being avoided in public, among others. Though China […]
A Flagbearer hopeful of People’s National Convention (PNC), Samson Asaki Awingobit, on Friday the 10th of April 2020, distributed food items to hundreds of residents in and around Zenu, a surbub of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, as the COVID-19 lockdown continues. The donation which was nearly marred by the huge turnout of residents […]
UK based Ghanaian gospel singer and Minister, Sonnie Badu has lashed out at Melinda Gates, Wife of the World’s richest Man, Bill Gates. Mr. Badu is unhappy for comments made by Mrs. Gates concerning Africa and the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. BestNewsGH.com reports Mrs. Gates in a recent interview on CNN as saying Africa will soon […]
The legislator for North Tongu has called on Ghanaians to resist what he describes as attempts by government to use coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to snoop on private conversations over the phone. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s concerns follow reports that the National Communications Authority (NCA) is taking advantage of the emergency laws recently passed by […]
Six critically ill coronavirus patients in Israel who are considered high-risk for mortality have been treated with Pluristem’s placenta-based cell-therapy product and survived, according to preliminary data provided by the Haifa-based company. The patients were treated at three different Israeli medical centers for one week under the country’s compassionate use program and were suffering from acute respiratory […]
Necessity they say is the mother of invention. That is exactly the case with a determined couple who did not want to postpone their planned wedding due to the locdown imposed on the country, following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The Nigerian couple decided to leverage on technology, by using Zoom, via which […]
