An outspoken member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yayra Koku has claimed the decision by the government to lift the partial lockdown is contrary to the norm. Three weeks ago, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo partially locked down Greater Accra, Kasoa, Tema and Greater Kumasi as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus … Read more
Ms. Amelia Amemate, an alumna of the University of Ghana has been selected as a Class of 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholar, on the University of Cambridge’s top postgraduate scholarship programme, which will start in the autumn. An announcement from the University of Cambridge notes that seventy-seven of the most academically outstanding and socially committed postgraduates have been … Read more
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has touted government’s approach to the fight against Coronavirus, saying the decision to resort to enhanced contact tracing and mandatory quarantine made it possible for the country to track 274 more cases. “It is interesting to note that if we hadn’t as a country stepped up our approach to be ahead and … Read more
Six of the nine novel coronavirus cases recorded in the Volta Region were from foreigners who illegally entered Ghana at least two weeks ago. The six were travellers from Nigeria “who had entered Ghana through unapproved routes along the Ghana-Togo border near Aflao,” the Volta Regional Coordinating Council said in a statement. “They were apprehended … Read more
The Volta River Authority (VRA) is expected to close down the Akosombo and New Combine markets in order to prevent the spread of the novel covid 19 A letter dated April 11, 2020 and signed by Akosombo Management Committee Manager, Vivian J. Yebuah gave the directive. “We wish to advise that the Akosombo and New … Read more
Western and Volta Regions have also recorded cases of COVID-19. This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service. So far ten out of the 16 regions in Ghana have recorded such infections. Read Other Stories Tema records two new cases of COVID-19 Ghana’s Covid-19 cases shoots up drastically to 566 At the national level, 566 … Read more
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 566 drastically. This comes after the Ghana Health Service confirmed 158 new cases from what it detected in its last update. Ghana Health Service update showes that new cases were also reported in the Western and Volta regions, which now become the ninth and tenth regions respectively to … Read more
The Tema Metropolis has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases bringing to four the total number of cases seen in the harbour cum industrial city. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on public President Nana Akuffo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings by two weeks Lockdown: Chorkor residents packed at the beach to chill regardless of ban … Read more
It was as though this part of the country had completely forgotten about any risks, or a pending pandemic when they trooped the beach in their numbers to entertain themselves. Residents of Chorkor a suburb of Accra ignored the President’s lockdown directives, to chill at the beach on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Hundreds of … Read more
Yaaya Kwanjit is a visually-impaired old lady from Saanbona in the North East Region whose modest life-long ambition was to sleep on a mattress. Her modesty touched so many around the world when her story was aired on JoyNews and there was a torrent of an outpouring of love towards her. Read Also: Lockdown: Couple … Read more