COVID-19: Residents of Effutu asked to remain calm amid protest over use of college as isolation centre
The Central Regional Minister Kwamena Duncan has asked residents of Efutu and those around St Augustines college to remain calm as the government continues to consult with chiefs, opinion leaders and Headmasters over the citing of a COVID-19 holding center. Yesterday residents of Effutu in Cape Coast and teachers at St Augustine’s college staged a […]
Rwanda starts court trials by video
Rwanda’s courts have started to conduct trials through video link-up in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a room at Kigali metropolitan police station suspects sat separated, in masks and handcuffed. Everyone waited their turn in front of a TV screen to face the prosecution and judges, who were in different rooms […]
Christians worldwide mark Good Friday Today
Today is Good Friday. It is day in commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ over 2000 years ago. The day is to remember the crucification and death of Christ on Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the the Friday preceding Easter Sunday. The day which is also known as Holy Friday […]
Free electricity for lifeline consumers; 50% reduction for others – President
Government will fully absorb the electricity bills for all lifeline consumers for the next three months, beginning April, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, announced Thursday. This, he explained, covered persons who consumed 0-50 Kilowatts hours per month for this period. Additionally, the President announced, the Government would pay 50 percent of the electricity bill […]
President extends partial lockdown of Accra, Kumasi by one week
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the restriction on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week beginning 0100 Hours, Monday, April 13, 2020. In his sixth national address to give an update on the coronavirus containment, the President said whilst the efforts that have been made to arrest and minimize the spread […]
FULL SPEECH: President Akufo- Addo Address to the Nation (Update 6)
Address To The Nation By President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, On Updates To Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic, On Thursday, 9th April, 2020. Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. Today is the sixth time I am coming into your homes since we begun our collective effort to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, and […]
VIDEO: President Akufo-Addo Address the Nation (Update 6)
CSIR assists with testing of Covid-19 cases
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, is assisting with the testing of COVID-19 cases. While the Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit of the Council in Accra is assisting the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, the Crop Research Institute in Fumesua in the Ashanti Region is assisting the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative […]
Ejisu Municipality Health directorates on contacts Tracing
The Ejisu Municipality Health directorates says it is making steady progress in its contacts tracing of all persons who have come into direct or indirect contact with confirmed carriers of the coronavirus. According to the Municipal Director of Health Services, Josephine Ahorsu, even though the Municipality has not directly recorded any confirmed positive case of […]
We have started implementing President‘s directives – GWCL
Management of the Ghana Water Company Limited, GWCL, Dr Clifford Braimah, says the company, has started implementing President Akufo-Addo’s directives on provision of free water to citizens for the next three months. This was contained in a statement signed by the Managing Director, Dr. Clifford Braimah. It said all customers of the GWCL on category […]
Police officer accidentally shot by soldier at Tema during covid-19 duty
The Tema Regional Police Command is investigating a case involving the alleged accidental shooting of the right lower thigh of a security personnel by colleague personnel on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Both personnel were performing operation COVID-19 safety duties at Tema Newtown in the press statement signed by the Acting PRO of the Tema Region […]
Burundi releases thousands from quarantine
Burundi has released 2,261 people who were quarantined in facilities around the country for observation. Health Minister Thaddée Ndikumana said those released had shown no known symptoms of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. It is unclear if they were tested for the disease. The minister said 675 people will continue being quarantined. Burundi […]
Joe Dakota: Former Hearts defender dies aged 84
A former captain of Accra Hearts of Oak, Mr. Jonathan Kpakpo Oti Ankrah, is dead. Ankrah, 84, nicknamed “Joe Darkota” or “Afro Joe” died on Wednesday, April 7, 2020, in the United States of America (USA). Ankrah, passed away in Silver Spring, Maryland after weeks on admission at the hospital’s Internal Care Unit (ICU). Nicknamed […]
NHIA pays claim arrears to health providers
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says over ¢207.5million has been paid to credentialed service providers. A statement on Thursday, April 9, said public health facilities received ¢106.4 million, representing 51.3 per cent of the payments while Private Service Providers had over GHC57.8 million, which is about 27.9 per cent. It said the Mission Health […]
