Tag: Covid-19
Ada Traditional Council urges residents to adhere to COVID-19 protocols
The Ada Traditional Council in the Greater Accra Region has urged residents to strictly adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols to complement government’s efforts...
Africa’s COVID-19 cases pass 4.33 million – Africa CDC
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,330,666 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)...
Kenya’s family with autistic child defy physical limitations to pursue dreams
The achievement of a developmental milestone by a child is often marked with an outburst of celebration by the parents.
However, in some rare...
Western North Regional Health Directorate takes delivery of 11,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Western North Regional Health Directorate has received a total of 11,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr Marion Okoh-Owusu, Regional Health Director who confirmed this...
Operation Hernia supports coronavirus treatment Centre at Ho
Operation Hernia, an international non-profit entity offering hernia surgery, has donated items geared towards the fight against the coronavirus in Ho.
Dr. Bernard Boateng Duah,...
COVID 19: Schools and health facilities in Akatsi South receive items – Director
Mr Samuel Benedict Nugblega, the Director of Human Resource at the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), has presented some personal protective equipment (PPE)...
COVID-19 informed new credit relations amongst traders – Professor Darkwah
Professor Akosua K. Darkwah, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, says the outbreak of the COVID-19 and related events have informed new credit...
Plight of the Imprisoned Worsens in the United States
Political detainees are contracting COVID-19 and dying due to the pervasive injustices among incarcerated people
Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald was a member of the Black Panther...
IMF official deems global vaccination highest return public investment project
Widespread vaccination is probably the highest return global public investment project ever, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said, urging policymakers to give...
Industrial workers and employers must collaborate to sustain productivity through COVID-19 – ICU
Mr. Morgan Ayawine, Acting General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is calling for more collaboration between workers and employers towards...
COVID-19: Ghana receives second batch of PPE from WAHO
Ghana has received the second batch of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) to protect front line workers and...
World Health Day: Countries still struggle with COVID-19
The theme of this year's World Health Day is "Building a fairer, healthier world." Yet in a world still fighting against the coronavirus, people...
Brazil sees record daily deaths from COVID-19
Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 4,195 deaths from COVID-19 in one day, taking the accumulated pandemic death toll to 336,947, the Ministry of...
Kenya’s air travel industry to take 3 years to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels
Kenya's domestic air travel operators on Wednesday said the industry could take up to three years to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels.
Eutychus Waithaka, executive secretary...
Ghanaian beaches sing the tale of isolation
A GNA feature by Alexander Nyarko Yeboah
The waves of the sea roar endlessly with its waters smashing against the lonely sandy beach christened the...
US emergency use authorization granted for Symbiotica COVID-19 test
(dpa-AFX) - The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization, or EUA, for the Covid-19 Self-Collected Antibody Test System developed...
African Presidents, global leaders support action on climate change adaptation
More than 30 African heads of state and global leaders have committed to prioritise actions that help African countries adapt to the impacts of...
“Fish mortality” will affect our business – Fish sellers
Fish sellers in the Central Business District of Accra, are mournful that, news of “fish mortality” will ‘destroy’ their market.
This followed the discovery of...
40,000 children in United States have lost one parent to Covid-19
(tca/dpa) - A “staggering” 40,000 children in the U.S. have lost at least one parent to coronavirus, three-quarters of them teenagers, a new model...
MTF Academy Class of 2020: 60 students graduated
Despite the challenging year that was 2020, MultiChoice is thrilled to congratulate the MTF Academy Class of 2020 on their graduation.
2020 was undoubtedly tough...
Deeper cooperation needed to end COVID-19 economic scarring
The economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has begun in some parts of the world but many vulnerable nations remain in recession with rising...
COVID-19 Slows Down ‘Art And Craft’ Business In Liberia
… Arts & Crafts Dealers Association Seeks Government, NGOs Support
The Chairman of the Art and Craft Dealers Association of Liberia (ACDAL), Mr. John...
Krachi East NCCE educates citizens on Covid-19
The Krachi East Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has taken the COVID-19 vaccination education closer to the people in...
2021 Easter Monday amid COVID-19 and ban on social gatherings
A GNA Feature by Eunice Hilda Ampomah
Easter Monday is the Monday after Easter Sunday and it is observed as a Public Holiday in many...
Easter: Christ’s resurrection can revive collapsed economies-Cardinal Turkson
Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, says the resurrection of Jesus Christ can revive economies, health systems, and financial institutions collapsed by COVID-19.
“This is because Christ...
Easter: Police intensify visibility along beaches
The Police have intensified visibility along beaches in Accra to ensure adherence to closure directives to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the Easter...
School children defy COVID-19 protocols during Easter break
Children in Koforidua in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, during the Easter school break have been found to be playing...
Comply with all directives during Easter- Akatsi Police
The Police in Akatsi have urged religious and traditional groups to comply with the directives on the Covid-19 protocols to stop the spread of...
Love and fellowship dips in the Church – Rev Dumasi
The Reverend Wilson D.K. Dumasi, the Dela Parish Pastor, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, has bemoaned the dwindling love and fellowship for one another...
African campaigner says COVID-19 stalling climate response
The COVID-19 pandemic is stalling action on climate change in Africa hence worsening communities' vulnerability to extreme weather events, a campaigner said on Thursday.
Mithika...