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Sadio Mane Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has made a donation of 30 millions FCFA – around 45,000 euros (£41,000) – to the national committee fighting against coronavirus in his home country of Senegal. The Reds’ player decided to make the donation “spontaneously when he saw the evolution of the situation” with the increase of Covid-19Continue reading “Coronavirus: Sadio Mane makes donation to Senegal health”

Meningitis patient receiving treatment in a health facility Eighteen persons have died from meningitis in the Upper West Region in the last three months, officials of the Ministry of Health have disclosed. The fatalities recorded are out of 137 suspected cases that were reported at the various health facilities across the 11 districts in theContinue reading “Cerebrospinal meningitis kills 18 persons in Upper West in 3 months”

Parliament will continue to sit to legislate and perform other duties expected of it despite the suspension of all public gatherings in response to the COVID-19 scare. The country had confirmed six cases of the COVID-19 as at March 15, with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announcing measures to curb the spread including suspension ofContinue reading “Parliament To Continue Sitting Despite Suspension Of Public Gatherings”

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Two Italians were given marching orders after touching down at the Kotoka International Airport on Monday evening, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. Speaking in an interview, Mr Oppong Nkrumah disclosed that although the president’s directive banning travels into the country by persons from countries with over 200 casesContinue reading “Coronavirus: Two Italians refused entry into Ghana”

Public transport popularly known as trotro The Chairman of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU), Kwame Kuma, has hinted that the Union will no longer allow preachers on their vehicles until further notice. This according to him is because some preachers spew spits on passengers, an act that has the potential of spreadingContinue reading “GPRTU to ban preaching on commercial buses over coronavirus”

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, says that, even though the Coronavirus pandemic presents severe consequences for the country, it also presents Ghana with an opportunity to reduce her dependency on imports. In a meeting with the leaders of the country’s pharmaceutical and banking industries on Monday, 16th March, 2020,Continue reading “Coronavirus presents Ghana with an opportunity to increase manufacturing capacity – Akufo-Addo”

Some victims’ families holding up pictures of relatives killed in the Gambia Families of Ghanaians who were murdered in The Gambia in 2005 have filed submissions to the Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) demanding that Yahya Jammeh and the ‘Junglers’ must be brought to justice and compensation paid to the families and survivors.Continue reading “Ghanaian victims file case against Yahya Jammeh at Gambia’s truth commission”

John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana The flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has called on the Akufo-Addo-led government to publish its plans to protect the economy including a possibility of a statement to parliament of the expected impact of the coronavirus on the Ghanaian economy. According toContinue reading “Publish plans to protect the economy – Mahama tells government”

Ghana has recorded six cases of the Coronavirus A suspected case of Covid-19 has been recorded at the Akawey government hospital annex in the Weija Gbawe Municipality. Health officials say the individual a 38 year old Ghanaian national returned from the United Kingdom on March 6, 2020, with symptoms similar to coronavirus patient. Speaking toContinue reading “One suspected coronavirus case recorded in Weija Gbawe”