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A civil society group, Bureau of Public Safety  has advised Government of Ghana to as a matter of urgency lockdown the whole country as number of infected persons continue to rise. In a statement copied to www,sankofaradio.com, Director of Research and Advocacy, Etornam Korda stated: ‘Having keenly followed events in the last couple of days regarding the State’s effort to contain the...
Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery from coronavirus at Chequers. The Prime Minister has been in hospital for almost a week when he was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital in central London with persistent Covid-19 symptoms. On Monday he was taken into intensive care but after three nights was moved back to the general ward A No10 spokesman...
President Akufo-Addo has extended the initial one-month ban on public gatherings including funerals and religious activities by an additional two weeks. The extension became operational after he signed the Executive Instrument to give effect to the new directive. The Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin said the extension takes effect from Monday, 13th April, 2020. “President Akufo-Addo has signed the...
Two cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Bekwai government hospital in the Ashanti Region. At the last count, confirmed Covid-19 cases stood at 378. The number of deaths, however, remained at six. Currently, the number of regions with record of the Covid-19 stand at eight (8) with the Eastern region being the second highest in Ghana with a record...
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah has been discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Royal Free Hospital, Archway North, London after he was infected with Coronavirus. The Ghanaian Diplomat was in critical condition hence was admitted in ICU but the Director of Communication for the UK branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP),...
A family of three has been burnt to death on Easter Friday at New Takoradi, a suburb of Takoradi in the Western region. According to the eyewitness, the three, Mena Mansa aged 28, a mother, and her two children Paa Kwesi aged 3 and Obaa Yaa, eleven months old, met their untimely death after a gallon of premix fuel stored...
There is an urgent need to prevent former President John Mahama from roaming as government continues to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus by restricting human movement, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned. The former President is reported to have presented some protective gears to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital to support the...
President of Ghana His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo as part of his measures to relief Ghanaians during the lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak has announced free electricity some of its citizens. He announced that households that consume 50 kilowatts and below per month will enjoy free electricity for the next three months. Households that consumes more than 50kilowatts per month...
The former president, John Mahama has donated various items, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Bono Regional Hospital in Sunyani. This forms as part of his contribution to the fight against the spread of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. The items include 1,105 pieces of hand sanitizers, 20 Veronica buckets, 40 sets of PPEs, 40 gumboots, five bundles...
As part of efforts arrayed to combat the fast spreading of the global pandemic, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government of Ghana, in collaboration with a group of Technology experts has announced that it will, on Monday, April 13, 2020, launch a computer/mobile program or software application. The user friendly and free to download mobile software application which will be available...

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