Tag: March 23
City Construction Company Limited refuse to provide PPEs for workers
The Management of City Construction Company Limited, a Korean Company constructing the Nkwanta-Dambai roads in the Oti region has allegedly refused to provide its...
HESAG Africa demands maximum protection for COVID-19 front line workers
Health & Safety Group Africa (HESAG Africa), Ghana’s premiere health and safety think-tank has implored employers to provide adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)...
Global economy to contract 1.5 percent in 2020 amid COVID-19 outbreak
The global economy is expected to contract 1.5 percent in 2020 amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, according to the forecast released by the Institute...
Malawi persons with albinism launch anti-killings campaign
The Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) has launched a campaign to condemn killings of people with albinism for rituals ahead of...
Malawi fresh presidential poll set for July 2
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Monday announced that the country's fresh presidential election will be held on July 2 following the Feb. 3 court...
Tanzania’s opposition party members charged with disobeying lawful order
At least 14 members of Tanzania's leading opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) appeared in court on Monday charged with seven counts...
World Bank chief says COVID-19 likely to hit poorest countries hardest
World Bank Group President David Malpass said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely hit the poorest countries the hardest, urging stepped-up international support...
Malaria treatment protocol approved for COVID-19 in Algeria as infections hit 230
Algeria on Monday announced that it has authorized hospitals to use the treatment protocol meant for malaria on patients infected with the novel coronavirus...
IMF sees 2020 recession at least as bad as during global financial crisis
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Monday that the multilateral lender expects global growth outlook for 2020 to be negative --...
South African President declares 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19
As cases of COVID-19 passed the 400 mark on Monday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said a countrywide lockdown would be implemented on Thursday.
The...
Rwanda’s COVID-19 cases jump to 36
Rwanda's COVID-19 cases jumped to 36 on Monday from 19 cases on Sunday, the health ministry said in a statement.
Of the 17 newly-added cases,...
Over 100 arrested in Uganda for violating strengthened rules against COVID-19
Ugandan security forces have arrested over 100 people, including foreigners, over violation of directives and guidelines for curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus,...
Minority walks out of Parliament over lack of quorum
The Minority in Parliament has walked out of Parliament over what they see as the Speaker, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye’s intransigence to carry on...
COVID -19 outbreak, Dormaa MCE assesses situation in Municipality
Mr. Drissa Ouattara, the Dormaa Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has led a team of public officials to the Gonokrom and...
TaMA to fumigate markets to stem Covid-19 spread
The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TaMA) has disclosed that it would, on Tuesday, March 24, commence fumigation of the Tamale...
Efforts underway to get 15 testing centres for novel Coronavirus infection
Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Presidential Adviser on Health, Monday announced that the Government is working towards having at least 15 centres across the...
Parliament of Ghana quarantines ten MPs and five members of staff
Speaker of Parliament Aaron Michael Quaye on Monday announced that some ten Members of Parliament (MPs) and five members of staff who traveled abroad...
Government supports MMDAs to fight COVID-19
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, through the Common Fund Secretariat, has supplied Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly (MMDAs) with materials...
Chemicals used for disinfection exercise not harmful
Mr Charles Asabre Ampomah, the Director of Sanitation and Waste Management at the Ga East Municipal Assembly, has said the chemicals used for...
Nigeria’s economic hub adopts more measures to curb spread of COVID-19
Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub on Monday introduced more measures, including "Stay-At-Home" order for certain groups, to curb the spread of the COVID-19...
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise to 36
A total of 36 confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in Nigeria, local health authorities said Monday.
In a statement, the Nigeria...
Nigeria reports first COVID-19 death
Health authorities in Nigeria on Monday said the first COVID-19 death has been recorded in the west African nation.
According to the...
Burkina Faso’s COVID-19 cases rise to 99
Burkina Faso has registered 24 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 99, Marial Ouedraogo, national coordinator of the...
FDA has not registered RDT’s for screening and diagnosis for Coronavirus
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not registered any Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits (RDTs) for screening and diagnosis of Corona Virus...
5th Burkina Faso cabinet minister tests positive for COVID-19
Burkina Faso's Minister of Trade and Industry Harouna Kabore has tested positive for COVID-19, the fifth cabinet minister infected by the novel coronavirus in...
Senegal reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, 79 in total
Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr on Monday confirmed that 12 new cases of COVID-19 were reported across the country,...
43 African countries report 1,436 COVID-19 cases as death toll rises to 46
A total of 1,436 COVID-19 cases have been reported in 43 African countries so far, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa...
Zimbabwe reports first COVID-19 death
The Zimbabwean government on Monday reported the country's first death related to COVID-19, state broadcaster ZBC reported.
The victim, 30-year-old businessman and...
Ghanaian beaches shut over COVID-19 outbreak
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has ordered all beaches in the country to close down with immediate effect.
This is...
Registrar General’s Department closed to business
The Registrar General’s Department has closed its operations to the business community and the public for Monday March 23, 2020.
The step was as a...