Nine (9) more coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ghana, bringing the total to 204. All the new cases were recorded in the Greater Accra Region. The Ghana Health Service in its web updates said, four of the new cases have no travel history but are contacts of confirmed cases. One returned to Ghana from … Read more
A Ghanaian resident in coronavirus-hit Italy has shared his terrifying story of how he is having sleepless nights for fear of contracting the virus. Samson Asante, who isself-quarantining, said videos and photos of coffins being carried out of hospitals give him flashbacks even in his sleep. “I have been at home for over one month. … Read more
The United Kingdom is building a mortuary near the new London hospital for coronavirus patients, which is going to be the size of two football fields. According to Mirror UK, the temporary mortuary is under construction on Wanstead Flats, in Manor Park, east London, near the City of London crematorium and cemetery. The new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale … Read more
Samples of staff of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), including doctors, who came into contact with the 10 coronavirus patients in Tamale, have come out negative. Public Relations Officer of the TTH, Mohammed Misbour, who confirmed this to JoyNews, said the results were received on Wednesday. The police officers, who first came into contact with the patients … Read more
The Finance Minister on Monday announced that Ghana may lose abouth GHS9.5 billion in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that may move the 2020 budget deficit to over 7 percent. This will be 2.5 percent of Ghana’s revised GDP. “Speaker, the total estimated fiscal impact from the shortfall in petroleum receipts, shortfall … Read more
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is hopeful that the new budget to be presented in Parliament in July 2020, will reposition Ghana’s economy to meet the global impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. He says discussions are already underway among Finance Ministers in Africa to find mechanisms to restore the gains achieved in the face … Read more
Angry residents chase out lockdown escapees Angry residents of Apantem, a farming community near Aburi in Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern Region, on Wednesday, chased out four escapees from Accra, which is currently under lockdown over Coronavirus pandemic. The four made up of a native of the community fled to seek refuge. Their arrival in … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has said a viral video of a civilian attacking a military officer in public is not related to coronavirus lockdown operations. READ ALSO:Angry residents chase out lockdown escapees Director of Public Relations of GAF, Colonel Eric Aggrey Quarshie, said on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Programme on Wednesday the incident happened … Read more
Ghana is facing a diplomatic hurdle as it attempts to repatriate Burkinabe and Guinean citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Tamale, the Northern Region capital. Northern Region Minister, Salifu Saeed, has disclosed that authorities in Guinea are reluctant to receive eight of their citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana. The eight Guineans … Read more
Parliament has approved a $35 million facility from the World Bank for the Emergency Response Efforts of government against the novel coronavirus pandemic. READ ALSO:COVID-19: Health Minister ‘misspoke’ on treatment of VIPs at BoG hospital – Oppong Nkrumah The proceeds from the facility will account for part of the $100 million announced by the government … Read more