Parliament has ordered two Members of Parliament (MPs) and some parliamentary staff to self-quarantine, according to a report by Adomonline.com. The two left the country for conferences in Japan and India – countries hit by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, announced this on the Floor of Parliament Thursday. He explained that, … Read more
The leader and founder of Creator’s Hand Chapel (CHC), Prophet Eric Boahen has announced how church services will be held regardless of the ban on public gatherings by the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo over the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in an interview with Zion Felix on Radio Univers’ ‘Brunch2Lunch’ entertainment show, Prophet Boahen said the … Read more
Ghanaian actor and musician, Lil win entreats Ghanaians to remain calm in the quest to defeat the Coronavirus pandemic. Lilwin, in recent times had been spreading awareness on the need to promote self-hygiene to safeguard lives and help curb the spread of the virus. “Firstly I would urge Ghanaians to adhere to all preventive and … Read more
East Cantonment Pharmaceutical Ltd has donated 10 Cartons of Surgical gloves and 2 Cartons of Examination gloves to Korle Bu to aid in the Hospital’s fight against the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The items worth GHc 6,500 were received by the CEO Dr. Daniel Asare who called for support of other needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) … Read more
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Badu Sarkodie, has revealed that all the seven 7 persons diagnosed with coronavirus in Ghana remain in stable condition. He was giving an update on case count and case management of the coronavirus situation in Ghana at the Ministry of Information on March … Read more
Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa became the continent’s new focus of concern as cases nearly doubled to 116 from two days before. South Africa’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, this week called that kind of rate “explosive” in … Read more
The Ghana Immigration Service says it has returned incoming flights from other countries at the Kotoka International Airport as part of measures to prevent the importation of cases of the novel coronavirus. According to the Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCGI) in-charge of Command Post and Operations, Laud Kwesi Affrifah, two Italians travelling on Air France were … Read more
Wendy Addo, known by the stage name Wendy Shay, is a Ghanaian Afropop and Afrobeats singer who is signed to Rufftown Records, says she’s still “hotter than Coronavirus”. The singer who rose to fame through her smash hit “Uber Driver”, took to her page km Twitter to announce that she’s hotter than Coronavirus. In the … Read more
A new epidemic disease treatment centre is being constructed at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in preparedness to deal with the novel coronavirus and other infectious diseases. The facility, with a 50-bed capacity, is expected to be completed in a month will augment the existing ones at the Tema General Hospital and the Ridge Hospital. … Read more
Coronavirus, which is the current viral infection the world is dealing with has its preventive measures which are mostly good personal hygiene and sanitation; and here are some 10 good tips which you can practice whenever you sit in a commercial vehicle or popularly known as Trotro in Ghana. “These are not ordinary times,” this … Read more