Report shows COVID-19 could lead to millions of unintended pregnancies
The UN’s Population Fund says disruptions caused by the coronavirus could lead to a rise in unintended pregnancies. The report shows the scale of the impact that Covid-19 could have on Women’s Rights, and how if the lockdowns last for six months, it says, up to 47 million women in low and middle income countries, […]
Covid-19: Group fears border closure may lead to starvation
A Group, calling itself Concerned Border Residents, based in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region has expressed fear that, starvation is likely to hit many communities along the border if the current closure of the border continues. According to them, since the closure to control the spread of the coronavirus, many residents within […]
Gov’t will provide needed resources to fight CSM and COVID-19 – Dr Oko-Boye
The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Oko-Boye says government will systematically make available the needed resources to fight meningitis epidemic in Upper West and the COVID-19 pandemic across the country. He made the pledge on the first leg of his two-day duty of the Upper West Region. Dr Bernard Oko-Boye who was accompanied by […]
Ghana’s coronavirus case count rises by 121 to hit 1,671
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), has confirmed 121 more cases of coronavirus in Ghana, bringing the total number to 1,671 as at Tuesday, April 28. According to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye, “563 out of the 1,671 cases have come from general surveillance, which is those who fell ill and […]
Tema Fishmongers cry over rotten smoked fish due to locked markets
About 90 percent of smoked fish continue to go bad following the closure of most markets in the Greater Accra Region as a result of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. With their limited storage time, fishmongers at Tema New Town say aside herrings which are often preferred smoked dry, others such as […]
LADMA begins ‘no mask, no entry’ measure
The La-Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly has introduced measures to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus in the Municipality. In a resolution signed by the Municipal Chief Executive, Reverend Solomon Kotey Nikoi, the Assembly will from Thursday, April 30 begin strict implementation of wearing of nose masks by every resident including visitors. The Assembly also resolved […]
Veep congratulates KNUST for developing Rapid Diagnostic Test for COVID-19
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagunostics for their breakthrough in developing a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) for COVID-19. In a tweet, Dr Bawumia said:”Uniquely, this KNUST RDT is able to detect asymptomatic cases and takes up to 15-20 minutes to produce results. […]
Lands Minister files 10 million cedi defamation lawsuit against ASEPA
Mr Kwaku Asomah- Cheremeh, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has sued the Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson, at an Accra High Court for defamation. The Minister is seeking GHC 10 million damages from the defendants. Mr Abraham Otabil, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, […]
Mobile Money Interoperability up by over 350 percent in first quarter
Mobile money transfers across different networks, also known as Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI), have shot up by 358 percent in the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year. The volume went up to over 5.12 million transactions from 1.11million in the first quarter of last year, according to figures […]
COVID-19: Vegetable farms at Ketu South left to rot
Many vegetable Farmers in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region have started counting their losses to Coronavirus. The farmers who have invested thousands of Ghana cedis into Carrot, Lettuce, cabbage among other vegetables before, the deadly virus have seen their produce going waste. They left the vegetables on the farm to have gone […]
Socialist Forum calls on gov’t for total lockdown
The Socialist Forum of Ghana, SFG is calling on the government to immediately, impose a total lockdown of the country, to curtail further spread of the coronavirus. A statement by the Convenor of the Accra Chapter of the Forum said projections painted globally and by the Presidential Advisor on Covid-19, Dr. Nsiah Asare, are gloomy. […]
KNUST develops rapid diagnostic test kits to detect COVID-19
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST has once again risen to the occasion in the national fight against the Coronavirus as it has come out with Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits for detection of the virus. Our Correspondent in Kumasi, Nicholas Osei-Wusu reports that the Kits, which are now under consideration by the […]
Serbian coach Stevanovic wants to coach Black Stars again
Former Ghana coach Goran ‘Plavi’ Stevanovic is eyeing a second stint with the Black Stars. The Serbian first led the West Africans from 2011 to 2012, guiding the side to the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations in his final year in Gabon-Equatorial Guinea. Ghana reached the semi-final of the continental gathering, ultimately finishing […]
Coronavirus: ‘One billion’ could become infected worldwide – report
One billion people could become infected with the coronavirus worldwide unless vulnerable countries are given urgent help, an aid group has warned. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said financial and humanitarian aid were needed to help slow the global spread of the virus. It said “fragile countries” such as Afghanistan and Syria needed “urgent funding” […]
