CAF appoints Tunisian referees for Kotoko and Setif game
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has appointed Tunisian referees for the Confederation Cup 2nd leg final round qualifier between ES Setif from Algeria and Ghana’s Asante Kotoko. The quartet is led by 35-year-old Haythem Guirat. The experience Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) referee would be assisted by Mohamed Bakir (Assistant I), Amine Barkallah […]
Ghana makes advance market commitment for 2.4 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
Ghana has made an Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for 2.4 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, licensed to Serum Institute of India (SII), according to the COVAX Facility indicative distribution plan. The Plan made available by the British High Commission in Accra to the Ghana News Agency said the COVAX Facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for […]
Economic recovery will be prolonged — BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has expressed fears that economic recovery from the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic will take longer than initially anticipated. It said although economic activities had picked up quite well following contraction in the second and the third quarters of last year, the resurgence in the pandemic earlier this year […]
Covid: US pharmacist in vaccine tampering guilty plea
A US pharmacist has agreed to plead guilty to tampering with Covid vaccine vials because he believed the jabs could harm people, prosecutors say Steven Brandenburg, 46, is accused of removing from cold storage 57 vials with 570 doses of the Moderna vaccine in Grafton, Wisconsin, in December. Without refrigeration, the vaccine becomes ineffective. Mr […]
