Coronavirus: India’s race against time to save doctors
India, like most parts of the world, is in a race against time to deliver Personal Protective Equipment (PPE’s) to its medical teams fighting the coronavirus. With more than 8,500 cases nationwide so far, state governments are struggling to cope with the demand. In some cases, doctors were forced to use raincoats and motorbike helmets. […]
Germany records more recoveries from coronavirus than active cases
Germany has recorded more recoveries from coronavirus than active cases. Over the past 24 hours, there were two thousand, five hundred and thirty-seven new positive tests, bringing the total to one hundred and twenty-seven thousand, 854. That’s the fourth-biggest number in Europe, but just over 50 percent of those have recovered. In Spain, 37 percent […]
Ghanaian scientists gives more insight on COVID-19 findings
Scientists at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, at the University of Ghana, says the research conducted on the genetic composition of the COVID-19 strain in Ghana indicates that ninety-two percent of samples tested show similarity to that of the Wuhan-China epicenter virus. […]
Lawra: NDC donates PPE to institutions, communities
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Lawra Municipality of the Upper West Region has embarked on intensive public education and distributions of Personal Protection Equipment for various institutions and communities in the Municipality. This formed part of the party’s role in the fight against the coronavirus. Speaking to GBC’s Radio Ghana, the party’s Parliamentary […]
Shatta Wale, Kuami Eugene set to headline ‘Covid-19 Virtual Concert’ today
Shatta Wale and Kuami Eugene are set to headline a Covid-19 virtual concert today. The concert being organized by the Ministry of Communication is an initiative to launch Ghana’s Covid-19 Tracker app. Developed by the Ministry the app answers users’ questions on the coronavirus, helps them check for coronavirus symptoms and also help report suspected […]
Covid-19: Obuasi Municipal Security Committee enforces restrictions
The Obuasi Municipal Security Committee (MUSEC) has launched an operation to enforce the social distancing directives in the Obuasi Central Market. Obuasi is one of the high-risk spots for COVID-19 in Ghana and the Security Committee was working to ensure that all preventive protocols and restrictive measures were strictly observed by the people to prevent […]
COVID-19 fight: Mackenzie Ghana supports GJA with nose masks
Mackenzie Ghana at the weekend presented 100 re-usable nose masks to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for onwards distribution to Journalists and media practitioners in the Bono Region to protect themselves, as they report on the COVID-19. Already, the Sunyani-based local manufacturing company, and dealers in sports kits, has presented 1,000 pieces of the masks […]
Confirmed cases in Ketu South are foreigners
Elliot Edem Agbenorwu, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South has said all six confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Municipality were foreigners aided by residents to enter the country illegally. The cases, the highest in the Volta Region, which now has nine cases (one in Ho Municipality and two in Hohoe Municipality) brought […]
NCCE undertakes anti-COVID-19 Campaign in Upper East
The Upper East Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has rolled-out an Anti-COVID-19 Public Education Campaign to expose residents to the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic which currently has no known cure. NCCE Anti-COVID-19 Public Education Campaign seeks to focus on, symptoms of the disease, mode of transmission and the need […]
Serotype X causing high CSM deaths in Upper West
Serotype X; a rare subtype of Nesseria meningitides is said to be responsible for about 70 per cent of the Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) related deaths in the Upper West Region. Regional health authorities are worried as the disease has already claimed 37 lives in 13 weeks from 62 confirmed cases out of 247 suspected […]
GJA condemns alleged assault of two journalists by soldiers
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned the alleged assault of two journalists in the line of duty by soldiers in separate incidents. The first incident is said to have happened in the Greater Accra Region last Friday, April 10, and involved a TV Africa reporter, Samuel Adobah. The second incident which occurred on April […]
Chinese national tests positive for Coronavirus as Western region records first Coronavirus case
The Western Region has recorded its first positive case of the coronavirus after numerous cases tested negative. The carrier is a Chinese national, working at quarry company Coastal Quarry located near Anto in the Shama District of the Western Region. The patient, who is one of six Chinese and 32 Ghanaians working at the quarry […]
Coronavirus: Six people shot at California house party during lockdown
Californian police say six people have been shot and injured at a “large” party despite the “stay at home” order in place in the US state. The shooting took place on Friday night at an apartment complex in Bakersfield, the local sheriff’s office says. The victims – four women, one man and a girl – […]
Bawumia commends Ghanaian scientists for research on COVID-19 virus
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has commended Scientists at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens at the University of Ghana for identifying the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Vice President said this move is a major contribution to science in the […]
