Two staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, have tested positive for Coronavirus. The two are a nurse and a doctor who work at the Department of Medicine and Department of Child Health respectively. The two are currently being taken care of in the hospital and are responding to treatment. Staff are therefore entreated to remain calm […]
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COVID-19 lockdown: Stop circulating foreign videos on brutalities; they didn’t happen in Ghana-President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as sad and unfortunate, the recent circulation of old videos of alleged brutalities by the security agencies amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The president who gave his 5th update on measures government has instituted to fight the pandemic in a nationwide broadcast, said he was “extremely disturbed about the […]
‘’Your handling of COVID-19 is spectacular’’- Sammi Awuku hails Akufo-Addo’s decisive leadership
The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic party (NPP), Mr. Sammi Awuku has eulogized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Describing the President’ handling of the pandemic as spectacular, the iconic and charismatic NPP National Organiser said the president’s update on the pandemic last night during which he […]
Full text: President Akufo-Addo’s address on 5th COVID-19 update
Address To The Nation By President Akufo-Addo On Updates To Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic – Update No. 5 Fellow Ghanaians, Good evening. Nine (9) days ago, I came to your homes and requested you to make great sacrifices to save lives, and to protect our motherland. I announced the imposition of strict […]
Handling of COVID-19: ”Even if you leak Akufo-Addo’s sex tape, he’ll still win election 2020”-Twitter user to NDC
A man by name Kay Poisson on Twitter has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has put him in a good position to win the 2020 elections. The president seems to have won the admiration of many, locally and internationally for his handling of the pandemic. His regular updates on […]
Mahmoud Jibril, the rebel leader who overthrew Gaddafi in 2011 dies of Coronavirus
Mahmoud Jibril, the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, has died from the coronavirus, his party said. Jibril, 68, died on Sunday in Cairo where he had been hospitalised for two weeks, said Khaled al-Mrimi, secretary of the National Forces Alliance, founded by Jibril in 2012. He had […]
COVID-19: Upper East Regional Minister explains why patient left Bolga Regional Hospital
The Upper East Regional Minister has given more clarification to an incident that resulted in a woman who tested positive for Covid-19, leaving the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital. According to Paulina Tangoba Abayage, when the 33-year woman reported to the health facility, she was showing signs of the virus but that stopped after her samples were […]
CPP calls for regular Presidential-Political party engagements after COVID-19 Meeting
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) is urging President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to regularize his engagements with political parties in the country. The call comes after the President invited the various political parties to a meeting at the Jubilee House to brainstorm and share ideas on how to better confront the COVID-19 Pandemic, which has […]
COVID-19: Ussuya Ghana Limited donates GH¢150,000 worth of supplies to Upper West
Construction Company, Ussuya Ghana Limited has donated items worth One Hundred and Fifty Thousand (150,000) Ghana Cedis to the Upper West Region as the Company’s contribution towards the fight against COVID-19. The Company, whose Managing Director, Alhaji Yussif Yakubu is a native of the Region, made the donation which was received by the Regional Minister, […]
COVID-19: more than 500 persons who tested negative in mandatory quarantine released-Info Minister
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government has commenced an exercise that will see people held in mandatory quarantine but tested negative for the coronavirus being reunited with their families. According to Mr. Oppong Nkrumah, this follows a re-testing of their samples for the virus. “Today and tomorrow we are commencing an exercise to take […]
COVID-19: ‘Feed a Kayeyei’ project feeds 26,000 Ghanaians in 3 days; exercise to be sustained until lockdown is lifted
Managers of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund who are embarking on the ‘Feed a Kayayei’ Project at all vantage points of the partial lockdown, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, have as of Friday, April 3, 2020 fed more than Twenty Six Thousand (26,000) head-porters and homeless persons in Accra and Kumasi. Ms. Julie […]
COVID-19: Chinese-made equipment being rejected by Countries
A number of European governments have rejected Chinese-made equipment designed to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Thousands of testing kits and medical masks are below standard or defective, according to authorities in Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands. Europe has reported hundreds of thousands of cases of coronavirus. More than 10,000 people have died in Italy since […]