The Bank of Ghana has released its hospital, the Bank of Ghana hospital in Accra to be used by the Ministry of Health for the treatment of some COVID-19 patients. According to the Ministry of Health, only Bank of Ghana staff and some VIPs will be treated at the hospital. Addressing a press briefing in […] The post Bank of Ghana hospital to treat only staff,
The Bank of Ghana has released its hospital, the Bank of Ghana hospital in Accra to be used by the Ministry of Health for the treatment of some COVID-19 patients. According to the Ministry of Health, only Bank of Ghana staff and some VIPs will be treated at the hospital. Addressing a press briefing in […] The post COVID-19: Bank of Ghana hospital to treat only staff,
Government has denied that it is conducting a mandatory mass screening of citizens for Coronavirus. “I’ll stress, there is no policy as yet for compulsory mass-testing that people are parading on social media,” Minister of Health, Kweku Agyeman Manu said during a media briefing on Wednesday. He explained that “It is correct that we have teams […] The post COVID-19
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu says Ghana has a total of 67 ventilators. The Minister made this known on Wednesday at the Minister’s press briefing organized by the Information Ministry to provide updates on the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. “Ghana has 67 ventilators. An extra order of 50 has been made […] The post COVID-19: Ghana has 67 ventilators
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the Scholarship Secretariat’s Online Scholarship Application and Administration System, www.scholarshipgh.com, in Accra. Beginning April 1, 2020, in just four (4) easy steps, any applicant can apply from the comfort of their homes, take an aptitude test and be interviewed in their own districts without coming to Accra as […] The post Bawumia
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), Southern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abraham Yeboah Nsiah has denied claims that soldiers deployed to assist in enforcing the lockdown of Accra, Kasoa, Kumasi and Tema have been brutalizing some civilians. According to Brigadier General Nsiah, these soldiers are professionals and have been trained not to […] The post COVID-19
President Nana Akufo-Addo has not tested positive for Coronavirus as being suggested by some Ghanaians. This is according to the president’s personal physician, Dr. Patrina Takyi-Ankrah who spoke at a minister’s press briefing on Wednesday. She said the Vice President, as well as other top government officials, have also taken the test and have all […] The post President
President Nana Akufo-Addo has not tested positive for Coronavirus as being suggested by some Ghanaians. This is according to the president’s personal physician, Dr. Patrina Takyi-Ankrah who spoke at a press bring organised by the Ministry of Information on Wednesday. She said other top government officials including the Minister of Health, have also taken the […] The post President
The novel coronavirus cases in Ghana have risen to 195 according to the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu. This is up from 161 just yesterday, Tuesday. Greater Accra Region has 174 of these cases, the Northern Region has 10, the Ashanti Region has nine, the Upper West Region has one and the Eastern Region also […] The post Coronavirus cases in Ghana now 195 appeared first on
A team of sprayers have arrived in the North East Region to begin disinfection in 57 markets simultaneously today April 1, 2020. The exercise is meant to ensure proper sanitation and hygiene at market places countrywide. Activities in the selected markets have been halted temporally to allow the disinfections exercise which is in compliance with […] The post 57
Kenya’s police chief has ordered an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy said to have been shot on Monday evening as police enforced a curfew. The child was playing on the balcony of his parent’s house in a slum in the capital, Nairobi, when police fired live bullets to disperse people, according to […] The post Kenya: Boy shot dead as coronavirus curfew
Ethiopia’s electoral board has postponed August’s highly anticipated general election because of the coronavirus pandemic. A new schedule would be announced once the threat of the pandemic was over, the board said. Much of its planning had been hit by the disruption caused by coronavirus, such as obtaining election materials on time and training staff, […] The post Ethiopia
The Ghana COVID-19 Sector Fund together with Julie Essiam (Commission at GRA) has initiated a project dubbed Feed-A-Kayayo to help support head porters in areas under lockdown. The project starts today, April 1, 2020, and ends on April 12, 2020, and may be extended if need be, according to the managers of the Fund. Project […] The post COVID-19 Private Sector Fund
The video conferencing app Zoom has come under fresh high-level scrutiny as its popularity soars during the coronavirus pandemic. New York’s attorney general has written to the firm raising concerns over its ability to cope with the rise in users. Zoom is now being used by millions of people for work and leisure, as lockdowns […] The post Coronavirus: Zoom
Newspaper Headlines for Wednesday, April 1, 2020 The post Newspaper Headlines: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content.
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has donated GHS500 to each of the stranded Kayayei (head porters) who were stopped at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on their way to the Northern Region. The head porters, numbering about 76, had attempted to flee from Accra back to their hometowns in the wake of the President’s […] The post Bawumia donates GHS500 each to stranded
The Electoral Commission (EC) has withdrawn and re-laid the Public Elections Amendment Regulations in Parliament for the second time in less than seven days. The EC first presented the Constitutional Instrument on March 16 to amend C.I. (Constitutional Instrument) 91 to make the Ghana Card or passport acceptable documents for registration onto the voters’ register. […] The post EC
A member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Mahama Ayariga is kicking against the government’s move to repatriate some foreign nationals who tested positive to COVID-19 in Ghana. Two Burkinabes alongside eight Guineans were arrested by security officials for coming into Ghana from Burkina Faso and were put under quarantine in […] The post Repatriating
A member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Mahama Ayariga is kicking against the government’s move to repatriate some foreign nationals who tested positive to COVID-19 in Ghana. Two Burkinabes alongside eight Guineans were arrested by security officials for coming into Ghana from Burkina Faso and were put under quarantine in […] The post Repatriating
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is expected to cater for 76 head porters, also known as Kayayei who were instructed to return to Accra after being intercepted at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region during the partial lockdown. The Kayayei were intercepted at Ejisu on Monday when they tried to smuggle their way […] The post Gender Ministry,
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