Tag: March 27
No COVID-19 case recorded in Bongo – GHS
The Ghana Health Service has debunked claims suggesting that two persons have been tested positive to Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in the Bongo District...
No COVID-19 case recorded in Bongo – GHS
The Ghana Health Service has debunked claims suggesting that two persons have been tested positive to Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in the Bongo District...
President Akufo-Addo orders movement restrictions in Accra and Kumasi to contain Covid-19
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday announced a two-week restriction of movement in 40 localities in the Greater Accra region and the Greater...
Regional hospital in Sunyani cries for blood pints
Mr Abdul Ganiwu, Head of the Blood Bank at the Regional Hospital in Sunyani has appealed to the general public to donate blood to...
Babile Polyclinic to receive a 30-bed capacity ward
The Babile Polyclinic in the Lawra Municipality, has been earmarked to benefit a 30-bed capacity ward under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP),...
MLGRD leads exercise to disinfect markets in Ashanti Region
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has led a mass exercise to disinfect more than 200 local markets...
Worldreader addresses learning loss in COVID-19 outbreak
Worldreader, an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), as part of its “Keep Children Reading,” initiative, is supporting students across the Global South with digital reading...
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital suspends elective surgeries, tightens COVID-19 control measures
The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), the biggest referral facility in the Central Region has suspended all scheduled or elective surgeries amidst tightened measures...
COVID- 19: ITI Ghana marks World Theatre Day
The Ghana Chapter of the International Theatre Institute (ITI-Ghana) has marked the World Theatre Day with the aim of finding new ways to entertain...
GBF President calls on Corporate Ghana to support Black Bombers
Mr. George Lamptey, President of the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) has appealed to corporate Ghana to support the national amateur boxing team, the Black...
Stakeholders embark on public education on COVID-19 in Navrongo.
Stakeholders in Navrongo have embarked on public education on COVID-19 to create awareness of the disease among the citizenry.
The move is aimed at...
STU supplies free sanitizers for Sunyani populace
The Authorities of the Sunyani Technical University (STU) has presented alcohol based sanitizers to staff of the University, educational institutions and a section...
Upper West Region records first case of COVID-19
The Upper West Region has seen its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, that has changed the normal routine and pattern of life...
Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, subsidiaries support government in management of COVID-19
The Tobinco Pharmaceuticals Limited and other subsidiaries of the Tobinco Group of Companies, Friday donated items worth GH¢251,000.00 to the...
COVID-19: Ghana Employers Association urges government to create Emergency Fund
The Ghana Employers Association (GEA) has urged the Government to create an Emergency Fund to help address the financial challenges or fallout from the...
Suspected sixteen persons in quarantine in Ketu South for COVID-19
Mr Edem Elliot Agbenorwu, the Municipality Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South in the Volta Region has said 14...
Ghanaians in Ivory Coast cross Elubo Boarder through bush paths
Reports reaching the Ghana News Agency (GNA), indicate that some Ghanaian residents in La Cote d'Ivoire have been crossing the Elubo boarder to Ghana...
China sends medical aid to Algeria to help combat COVID-19
A plane carrying Chinese medical aid arrived on Friday at the International Airport of Algiers, as part of the Chinese efforts to help combat...
The Gambia declares state of emergency to contain COVID-19
President of The Gambia Adama Barrow has declared a state of public emergency throughout the country, starting from Friday and for 21 days, to...
Italy’s president calls on Europe to “overcome old ways of thinking”
Italian President Sergio Mattarella used a rare national address Friday to call on Europe to change the way it deals with threats like the...
COVID-19 will disappear April 19 – Nogokpo Shrine
Mr Williams Amuzu Agbodzalo, Senior Panel Member, Zakadza Shrine, popularly known as Nogokpo Shrine has said COVID-19 would...
78 COVID-19 cases confirmed among UN staff worldwide
To date, 78 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed among the United Nations (UN) staff worldwide, a UN official said here Friday.
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Iran’s COVID-19 cases surpass 30,000; Turkey reports fast rise in infections
Iran on Friday announced 144 new deaths from COVID-19 and 2,926 new cases of infection. Meanwhile, Turkey's number of COVID-19 infections kept rising fastly...
Trump signs US$2 trillion stimulus package into law amid COVID-19 fallout
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a 2-trillion-dollar stimulus package amid mounting COVID-19 fallout, a few hours after the House of Representatives approved...
France reports over 32,000 coronavirus cases, lockdown extended
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in France has risen by 13 percent within a day to reach a total of 32,964 as of...
Public cautioned against stigmatization regarding the COVID-19
The public has been urged to desist from stigmatising anyone or group with regards to the current COVID-19 outbreak.
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Turkey to cancel all international flights over COVID-19 fears
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that all international flights would be cancelled as part of the fight against COVID-19.
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What if no President by January 7?
I am not God, not even a Nostradamus, but in all things, I try to see tomorrow. Unless the election of a President and...
IMFC pledges to help low-income countries fight COVID-19 outbreak
The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy-setting body of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Friday pledged to help emerging market and...
Google announces support for small businesses and crisis response
Google pledged more than 800 million U.S. dollars of support on Friday to help combat the coronavirus outbreak around the world.
"As...