Around 60 workers have refused to start their shifts at a food factory in Northern Ireland over fears for their safety amid the coronavirus outbreak. Staff at the Linden Foods site in County Tyrone are demanding talks with management over infection control measures, claiming there is a ‘total absence of social distancing measures’. Unite regional […]
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Doctors in Zimbabwe abandon work over high risk of contracting COVID-19
ZIMBABWE’S public hospital doctors went on strike Wednesday over what they called a lack of adequate protective gear as the coronavirus begins to spread in a country whose health system has almost collapsed. The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association president, Tawanda Zvakada, said doctors were at “high risk” of contracting the virus. “We will return to […]
Kenya: President Kenyatta and deputy announce 80% salary slash to fight COVID-19
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced an 80 percent salary cut for him and his deputy while other senior government officials will also take reductions on a lower scale to try and ease economic strain on the country. In a statement, Kenyatta said the pay reductions were in solidarity with millions of Kenyan suffering the […]
Fidelity Bank Staff who returned from UK tests positive for COVID-19 in Nigeria
Fidelity Bank in Nigeria has confirmed in a statement that one of its staff members who returned from the United Kingdom recently has tested positive for COVID-19. The statement sighted by BestNewsGH.com indicated that even though the affected staff has not been to the Bank’s premises and has been self-isolating, he brought in some consignments […]
American firms launch legal action seeking billions of dollars in damages from China over coronavirus
American small businesses are suing the Chinese government for billions of dollars in damages over the coronavirus. The case has been brought on behalf of five companies in Las Vegas – two property firms, a restaurant, a florist, and a medical training outlet – but seeks compensation for all 32 million US businesses with less than 500 […]
GHS, GAF, Police, National Security etal receive McDan Hand Sanitizers; Kumasi, Ada and Tamale next in line
The McDan Foundation, Founded and Chaired by the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley has distributed thousands of hand sanitizers free of charge to various organizations in the country. This is in fulfillment of a promise made by the Business Mogul and Philanthropist as his contribution to […]
Communications Minister’s husband tests negative for COVID-19
Dr. Sam Owusu Ekuful, husband of the Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has tested negative for COVID-19. This was after he had self-isolated himself for the mandatory 14 days, after his arrival from the United Kingdom a fortnight ago. Mrs. Ekuful who broke the news of her husband’s self-isolation to the media, said they usually […]
Larry Klayman sues China for $20 Trillion Dollars for ‘Creation and Release’ of COVID-19
The last time we checked in on Larry Klayman, he had conducted a deposition of Roger Stone that will not soon be forgotten. This time he is taking on China. According to a class action lawsuit Klayman filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday, China should pay up at least $20 trillion dollars […]
Just in: Manu Dibango, Cameroonian Afro-Jazz legend succumbs to COVID-19
Information reaching BestNewsGH.com indicates that Cameroonian afro-jazz legend Manu Dibango has succumbed to the deadly coronavirus. BestNewsGH.com is informed the 86 year old Music legend passed on, in the early hours of today, Tuesday, March, 24, 2020. According to his spokesperson, he passed on in a hospital in the Paris Region. “He died early this […]
Kenya: Landlord receives severe beating by tenants for increasing rent over COVID-19
An insensitive landlord in Kenya had the beating of his life when he decided to increase the rent of his tenants, citing the deadly Coronavirus. The residents of Texas apartment in Kisumu did not take kindly to the announcement by the landlord and vented their anger on him, pummeling him in the process. BestNewsGH.com is […]
COVID-19: Driver asks police officer to sanitize her hands before he gives her his license
A police officer got the shock of her life when a driver she stopped by the road, insisted she sanitized her hands before he would hand over his license for inspection. The incident which was caught on camera showed the police officer with a straight face as she repeatedly ordered the driver to present his […]
Meet Veronica Bekoe; the woman who invented Veronica Bucket-She says hand washing is key to overcoming COVID-19
The woman who invented the popular Veronica bucket says people will be 99% protected from coronavirus if they wash their hands well. According to Veronica Bekoe, hand washing is much efficient and reliable in fighting the spread of viruses than any other strategy. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Monday, the scientist said […]