Tamale: Testing of COVID-19 samples begins tomorrow
The Public Health and Referencing Laboratory in Tamale is to begin testing of COVID-19 samples tomorrow. The development forms part of efforts to expand health infrastructure to aid the fight against the coronavirus. Currently, there is no facility in northern Ghana capable of testing for the pandemic which has infected over one thousand five hundred […]
Coronavirus: Top NYC doctor takes her own life
A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. The Police said Dr. Lorna Breen, who was medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan, died of self-inflicted injuries. The father of the 49-year-old doctor, Dr. […]
Coronavirus: Nigeria to ease Abuja and Lagos lockdowns on 4 May
Nigeria will begin a “gradual easing” of coronavirus-related lockdowns for millions of people in its largest city Lagos and the capital Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari said the lockdowns, which had been due to end on Monday, needed to continue until 4 May. He also ordered new nationwide measures against Covid-19, including a night-time curfew and […]
COVID-19: Western region confirms 8 new cases
Coronavirus cases in the Western Region have shot up to nine. Sources at the Western Regional Health Directorate told Radio Ghana that six cases were recorded in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. Five of these cases are returnees who live in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis while the other one has no travel history. The two other confirmed cases […]
Kwahu West Municipal Assembly locks up stores at Nkawkaw Central Market
The Kwahu West Municipal Assembly Public Health Emergency Committee has ordered the closure of more than 100 stores in the Nkawkaw Central Market for failing to observe the social distancing protocol. The storekeepers were accused of allowing traders to sell items like fish, vegetables and other foodstuffs in front of their stores, which turned the […]
Dagbon State donates GH¢50,000 to COVID-19 Trust Fund
The Dagbon State, led by Ya-Na Mahama Abukari (II), Overlord of the area, has presented GH¢50,000 to the COVID-19 Trust Fund to support the country’s efforts at fighting the virus. Paramount Chief of Mion Mion, Lana Mahamadu Abdulai (II), , on behalf of Ya-Na, presented the cheque covering the amount, to the COVID-19 Trust Fund […]
Buhari orders lockdown in Kano state amid ‘mysterious deaths’
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “deep concern” over “mysterious deaths” in the northern state of Kano. President Buhari said he has sent a team to help with investigations and ordered the state into “total lockdown” for two weeks. His comments came after grave diggers in the state said they had been burying a higher […]
Gabon eases coronavirus lockdown in capital Libreville
Gabon’s Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekale has eased lockdown restrictions in the capital, Libreville, and three neighbouring municipalities. The government has instead imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew and allowed shops to reopen. Schools and places of worship will remain closed. Movement out of the capital has also been restricted to avoid the possible spread of coronavirus […]
Western Region records 8 new COVID-19 cases
Coronavirus cases in the Western Region have shot up to nine as of Monday, April 27, 2020. The eight new cases bring the total number in the region to nine. Sources at the Western Regional Health Directorate told GBC’s Radio Ghana News in Sekondi that six cases were recorded in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. Five of […]
Tema Metropolitan Assembly decongests Central Market
As part of measures to avoid further spread of the coronavirus, the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, through its COVID-19 Task Force, has taken stringent steps to open all the 54 main gates and decongest the Central Business Market. As such, additional market centres, have been created for the various groups of traders to do business. These […]
Ghana Standards Authority allays fears donated medical supplies may be contaminated
China and the U.S. have provided Ghana with medical supplies to test and control the spread of the coronavirus. But the public is apprehensive about the effectiveness and standards of these supplies. GBC’s Radio Ghana finds out from the Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, Dr. Kofi Amponsah Bediako, whether these medical supplies […]
TMA distributes free nose masks to public
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) on Monday distributed free branded nose masks to traders, travelers and transport unions in the Metropolis ahead of its enforcement of mandatory wearing of nose masks. The Assembly, in its first round of distribution, would give away a total of 20,000 washable and 10,000 disposables to residents especially, the vulnerable. […]
The Danger of Africa’s Over-reliance on Foreign Aid: Lesson from COVID-19 Pandemic
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the U.S. President, Donald J Trump directed his administration to defund the World Health Organisation (WHO), a move that has faced unequivocal criticism from leading health experts and a many world leaders. But Africa must step back and re-think on how this impacts its people. WHO has played huge role in […]
Companies donate to COVID-19 Trust Fund
The Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) on Monday April 27, 2020 made a cheque donation of ¢100,000.00 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund established by President Akufo-Addo to assist the needy and vulnerable persons affected by the deadly scourge of the virus in the country. The Head of the Adventist Church, Pastor Dr. Thomas Techie […]
