Botswana president goes into coronavirus quarantine
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has quarantined himself after an official working closely with him tested positive for Covid-19, a government statement says. Some other people in the president’s inner circle are also self-isolating, it adds. The government encourages people to continue taking precautions in order to prevent the spread of the virus. The country of […]
Ghana players ‘cannot forgive’ Suarez handball 10 years on
“For me, the Uruguay game is a game I think we won,” John Paintsil says, looking back on one of the most dramatic matches in men’s World Cup history: the 2010 quarter-final between his Ghana side and Uruguay in Johannesburg. The reality, though, is Ghana didn’t win. A handball by Luis Suarez stopped a certain […]
2nd July, 2020
The Daily Graphic expresses concern about the reopening of schools for final year students of Junior, Senior High and tertiary levels as far as safety in this COVID-19 era. The paper commends government for its efforts at providing Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, to various schools for distribution to students. The paper acknowledges fears and anxieties […]
GBA pushes for reduction in punishment for not wearing nose masks
The Ghana Bar Association, GBA, has asked government to find more effective ways of dealing with the reluctance among some people to wear the nose masks in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus disease, instead of the threat of harsh punishment. According to the GBA, the punishment, as prescribed by section Six […]
