The Chinese ambassador to Ghana Shi Ting Wang has been summoned over reports that Ghanaians and other African nationals are being maltreated in China in connection with the coronavirus. Chinese officials have started evicting hundreds of African residents and businessmen from hotels and apartments as they are being accused of having the novel coronavirus. The Africans say they are just […]
Introduction Ghanaians are currently on a partial lockdown as a result of Covid-19. Given that some people have honored the Social Distance Protocols in breach, there is the fear that there may be further spread of the disease, in a manner that may accentuate calls for and actual total lockdown. But, should there be a […]
The Queen has stressed the importance of sticking to the coronavirus lockdown measures over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, saying that ‘by keeping apart we keep others safe’. With the Covid-19 outbreak rendering church services impossible, the 93-year-old monarch has delivered what is believed to be her first Easter address, which had the resolute message: […]
Crisis Management Company, LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited has in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), began the disinfection of the various hotels in Accra, that were used as holding centers or quarantine centers for travelers who arrived in the country. The exercise forms part of Government and the Ghana Health Service’s efforts to ensure […]
Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, believes the biggest problem for African authorities managing the fight against the coronavirus pandemic is the “social indiscipline of our people”. President Museveni expressed his sentiments in a tweet he posted on Wednesday on his official Twitter page. This follows what has become a daily habit of telling Ugandans what he […]
Several MPs in Botswana have been caught breaking their self-isolation instructions and have now been placed in supervised quarantine. On Thursday, all parliamentarians and President Mokgweetsi Masisi were asked to quarantine for 14 days after a health worker who had been screening them for the coronavirus herself tested positive. However a government statement said some […]
Authorities at the University of Cape Coast have announced a resumption of academic work for the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The university, which has been closed for the past three weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, said in a statement Thursday that lectures will begin for all students from […]
Indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL Company Limited has presented personal protective equipment (PPEs) and disinfectants valued at GH₵50,000 to the 37 Military Hospital to support the fight against the COVID-19 virus. The items comprised 100 pieces of full body gear; 100 pieces of surgical gown; 10,000 pieces of hand gloves; 100 gallons of hand sanitisers; […]
Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, the Rector of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in the early hours of Friday succumbed to complications from COVID-19, at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, where he had been on a short admission. Dr Justice Yankson, the General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, (GMA) confirming the news of his […]
Dr. Daniel McKorley, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies has urged the generality of the Ghanaian people to use the Holy Period of Easter to pray for Ghana’s victory in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, if Easter stands for the victory of Christ Jesus over […]
The Member of Parliament of the Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency and second deputy speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban S.K Bagbin has donated a number of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), valued at about Seventy thousand Ghana cedis to the Nadowli/Kaleo District Health Directorate to augment the district’s preparedness and readiness in the fight against COVID-19. The PPEs […]
MPs can claim £10,000 for additional office costs incurred as a result of the coronavirus, Parliament’s expenses authority has said. The money can be used to buy additional equipment such as laptops and printers for staff having to work from home. This comes on top of the £26,000 MPs can claim to cover office costs. […]
