Dr Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, the Director of Labour Research and Policy Institute, Trades Union Congress (TUC), has called on government to develop a comprehensive stimulus package for businesses and workers. He said the package would enable businesses, small and large, to stay afloat and maintain their workforce in these difficult periods. Dr Otoo said enterprises […]
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government has stopped publishing data on […]
Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has increased by 176 to 9,638, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. On its Covid-19 website, the Service indicated that 44 people so far have lost their lives to the novel virus in the country whereas 3,636 have recovered from the disease. Greater Accra still leads the other regions with […]
Ethiopia reports a surge in sexual violence since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak Officials in Ethiopia have said that more than 100 girls were raped and treated in the capital, Addis Ababa, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. The privately owned Walta TV reported the news. The abuse includes cases of incest. The head of […]
Parliament has disclosed that allegations by NDC MP for Ejumako Enyan Essiam that a question he filed in the House on details of funds allocated for the COVID-19 fight during the lockdown is yet to be answered – weeks later – are false. A statement from the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, indicates […]
There is no need for Zimbabweans to panic over the spike in confirmed Covid-19 cases, but citizens must continue observing basic hygiene and social distancing recommended by public health experts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The lockdown will continue at level 2, although President Mnangagwa keeps this under review and will modify it […]
Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, the Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, has directed churches and mosques to form COVID-19 Task Forces as part of measures to ensure congregants are safe during the novel Coronavirus pandemic. This directive was in line with the government’s decision to ease the restriction imposed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana. Outlining the […]
Government has outlined protocols which churches must adhere to as they are given the green light to worship with congregants. The Religious Affairs Minister Kofi Dzamesi who announced them at a press conference at the Information Ministry on Monday said persons without face masks should not be allowed entry into the church. In addition, all […]
Up to 100 worshipers can congregate in churches, mosques and other places of worship from June 5, President Akufo-Addo has announced as part of easing Covid-19 restrictions. The threshold is, however, 25 percent attendance, which means the number could be smaller for congregations with smaller numbers. The leaders of these bodies are, however, expected to […]
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have come again, for the tenth (10th) time, into your homes to speak to you about the coronavirus pandemic, share with you information about the fight against the virus, and outline to you the decisions I have taken about the next chapter of our common battle. I thank each and […]
A Louisiana police officer was fired over a Facebook comment that said it was “unfortunate” more black people did not die of the coronavirus. The chief of police in Kaplan, about 87 miles southwest of Baton Rouge, said Officer Steven Aucoin commented under a local news station’s live feed of the governor’s coronavirus news conference […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has announced that it will offer tax reliefs to companies that have donated to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund. This was disclosed by the Chairperson of the COVID-19 Trust Fund, Madam Sophia Akuffo. Speaking at an event at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, 26th May, 2020, Sophia Akuffo said the […]
