Coronavirus: Juventus’ Daniele Rugani tests positive
Juventus centre-back Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus, the club have confirmed. The reigning Serie A champions revealed on Wednesday Italy defender Rugani has contracted COVID-19 but is not displaying any symptoms. A club statement read: “Juventus Football Club is currently activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including the census of those […]
Sunyani Municipality records two confirmed polio cases
The Sunyani East Municipal Director of Health Services, Dr Mrs Paulina Appiah, has stated that two cases of Poliomyelitis have been recorded in the Sunyani East Municipality. She said symptoms of the cases were detected in two children in December last year and samples taken confirmed the virus. In an interview in Sunyani on Monday, […]
‘Our only virus is PSG’: Fans defy coronavirus stadium closure in Paris
Paris Saint-Germain fans amassed outside the club’s stadium to cheer on the players before the Champions League last-16 game against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. The match at Parc des Princes was played in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus outbreak. Many sports and other events around the world have been affected by the virus, […]
VIDEO: President Akufo-Addo addresses Ghanaians on Coronavirus
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has addressed Ghanaians hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, March 11, said: “it is necessary to step up Ghana’s preparedness to fight the disease in case of an outbreak.”
Elephantiasis cases decline in Dormaa Central Municipality
The Dormaa Central Municipal Disease Control Officer, Mr Daniel Owusu-Amponsah, says there is a decline in reported cases of elephantiasis, a tropical disease, in the area. Eight cases of the disease were recorded in the municipality, last year, as against 11 in 2018, and the 2017 total of 23. He, however, expressed worry about the […]
Bono Region: Farmers demonstrate over Cote d’Ivoire cashew importation
A six-hour demonstration by cashew farmers at Nsawkaw in the Tain District of the Bono Region has ended peacefully with a call on government to ban the importation of the produce from Cote d’Ivoire to help sustain the cashew industry. A petition signed by the Chairman of the Cashew Farmers Association, Alex Bonsu and presented […]
Coronavirus: Senegal to produce ‘rapid test kits’ to detect virus within 10 minutes
Rapid test kits that scientists say will diagnose coronavirus within 10 minutes, are being developed in a laboratory in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, and are expected to be available from June. The project at the custom-built DiaTropix facility is a collaboration between British biotech firm Mologic and Senegal’s renowned Institut Pasteur de Dakar. About two million […]
Man who ‘fled’ Zimbabwe hospital is virus-free
A Thai national who fled from quarantine before doctors could test him for coronavirus has since returned for testing and has been declared negative, according to Zimbabwe’s information ministry. The 26-year-old man had been referred to Wilkins Hospital in the capital, Harare, earlier this week with a fever. He arrived in Zimbabwe on 14 February […]
Minister applauds progress achieved through ECOWAS free movement
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of the Interior has applauded the progress achieved through the ECOWAS free movement protocol and called for intensification of efforts to facilitate intra-regional migration to enhance labour mobility. “Free movement of persons, goods, services and capital have long been identified as an indispensable pillar in the realization of integration, the […]
Court fines Assemblyman for assaulting police officer
The Ashaiman circuit court presided over by Charles Boateng has sentenced Seth Ocloo, Assembly man for Tebibianor, Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, to a fine of ¢1,800.00 for assaulting a police officer. The court fined him after he pleaded guilty to two counts of offensive conduct and assault on public officer. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Afrifa […]
Impact of 2020 State Of The Nation Address
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO On Thursday, 20th February, 2020, President Akufo-Addo delivered a State of the Nation Address which focused on steps taken so far by the government to improve various sectors of the economy. The President began with the Year of Return and its economic […]
Senior Minister wants companies to rehabilitate their utility roads
Mr Yaw Osafo-Marfo, the Senior Minister, has appealed to companies operating in the Spintex light industrial enclave to urgently rehabilitate the deplorable roads to their operation hubs. Mr Osafo-Marfo said this on Tuesday when he drove on the bumpy stony gulley road from the Coca cola roundabout to the factory of De United Foods Industries […]
GWCL uncovers illegal connection at Afienya Mataheko
The Ghana Water Company has uncovered an illegal connection directed into a dam operated by a private entity, Mannah Farms at Afienya Mataheko. The connection which was tapped from the main distribution line from Kpone invariably disrupts water distribution to the Tema Municipality and its environs. The Tema Regional Manager of Ghana Water, Kenneth Ennin, […]
President Akufo-Addo lauds Information Minister on Young Global Leader selection
President Nana Akufo Addo has lauded Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on his selection as one of the Young Global Leaders for 2020. The selection was announced on Wednesday 11th March 2020 by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The President commended the information Ministry in a tweet saying “Warm congratulations to the hardworking Minister for […]
