The Elwak COVID-19 Treatment Centre has only one week stock of Personal Protective Equipment. The Centre is a level two makeshift Centre set up at the El-walk Sports stadium to treat persons with COVID-19. Currently, only one person is on admission. Speaking to a team from the Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee touring facilities in […] The post We need
Persons owing the Ghana Water Company Limited will also enjoy free water for the next three months, the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has clarified. The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Water Company, Dr. Clifford Braimah, had said persons owing would have to settle their arrears before getting the free […] The post Persons owing
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison has announced free food hotlines for vulnerable groups in locked-down areas in the country. The hotlines are 0800800800 and 0800900900. These numbers will guide the Ministry in ensuring equitable distribution of food to vulnerable groups within locked-down areas namely: Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa. This is […] The post COVID-19:
The African Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, says efforts by government to draw funds from the Ghana Heritage Fund to stem the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic is not acceptable. The Think Tank says the use of the Fund is ‘akin to telling citizens to go for their pension because they are faced with challenges […] The post Spending Heritage Fund now
The Coalition of Unemployed Allied Health Professionals is asking the government to post its members to various health institutions to boost the fight against COVID-19 in the country. “On the 21st March, 2020 in the President’s address to the nation, he stated emphatically in his submission on the third point that ‘the Ministry of Health […] The post COVID-19:
The Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), Mr. Bright Appiah, has commended President Akufo-Addo’s decision to roll out social protection programmes to support the vulnerable and frontline workers in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. According to him, the President’s address to the nation on Sunday, “demonstrates his resolve to ensuring that every […] The post COVID-19:
The government has revealed that 14 people in the country have tested positive for COVID-19 after the release of test results of 7,461 people whose samples were taken as part of an enhanced contact tracing and testing regime. This represents 0.18% of the people tested. This was revealed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, […] The post 14 test positive
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider a waiver on electricity bills as part of social interventions put in place to cushion Ghanaians against the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. President Akufo-Addo in a nationwide television address on Sunday announced that government will take care of the water […] The post COVID-19:
President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended well wishes to British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson as the latter is reported to be receiving treatment at the St Thomas’ hospital’s intensive care unit due to COVID-19. The President said he wishes Mr. Johnson a speedy recovery “and God’s blessings.” In a tweet on Monday, Akufo-Addo said the government’s prayers […] The post COVID-19:
A Health Economist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah has asked government to provide detailed information on how it plans to provide free water to Ghanaians as assured by President Akufo-Addo. The President, in his fifth national address on COVID-19 on Sunday, April 5, 2020, announced that the government will take care of […] The post Detailed
While the attention of the nation is fixed on fighting COVID-19, the people of the Upper West region appear to be dealing with a more serious threat. 214 people have so far been infected with Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) with 33 deaths. This came to light during a presentation by the Upper West regional director of […] The post 33
The seeming tension between the leaders of Parliament seems not to go away. Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu is unhappy that the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye suspended the House last Saturday instead of adjourning sittings in accordance with laid down procedures in the House. The Minority Leader had also accused the Speaker of […] The post Majority
The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey wants the government to constitute an independent investigative body to look into the shooting to death of a civilian by a soldier at Ashaiman on Sunday April 5. The said incident, according to the Ghana Armed Forces, occurred when the victim Mr. Eric Ofotsu tried to disarm […] The post Ashaiman
A citizen by name Francis Kwarteng Arthur has sued the government at the High Court to prevent it from accessing his private information from network providers amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Joined to the suit are Vodafone Ghana, MTN Ghana, KelniGVG and the National Communications Authority. In line with the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act […] The post Citizen
The Deputy Health Minister-designate, Bernard Okoe Boye has pledged to fully dedicate his time and energies towards the new task he has been given. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday announced the appointment of the Ledzokuku legislator as a Deputy Health Minister-designate. He is to take over from Mr. Alexander Abban, who has been moved to […] The post I’ll
A 165-strong international group including 92 former Presidents and Prime Ministers is demanding the creation of a G20 executive task force and an immediate global pledging conference which would approve and co-ordinate a multi-billion dollar coronavirus fighting fund. In an open letter addressed to G20 leaders, the group, which wants to speed up the search […] The post COVID-19:
The Kumasi Central Market has been closed from Tuesday, April 7, 2020. This is according to a statement released by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly signed by its Chairman, Osei Assibey Antwi. According to the statement, “traders of the Kumasi Central Market are blatantly disregarding the World Health Organizations’s social distancing protocol in the wake of […] The post Kumasi
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is warning of more danger should Ghanaians fail to observe the social distance protocol despite the lockdown order in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Seven days into the lockdown, there are reports of some Ghanaians, market women and vendors failing to comply with social distancing directives. The Ghana Medical […] The post COVID-19:
As part of FBNBank Ghana’s commitment to mitigate the impact of the emergence of COVID-19 on the operations of the bank’s customers and to support industry, the bank has announced some relief packages. Effective Wednesday, April 1, 2020, FBNBank Ghana has provided extensions and repayment moratorium to some customers whose businesses have been affected by […] The post FBNBank
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) says it has neither independently tested nor verified COA FS as a treatment for COVID-19. The Institute gave the indication after some media publications claimed that Noguchi had approved the local medicine for treatment for COVID-19 patients. Noguchi in a release on its Twitter page indicated that […] The post COA
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