Four more cases of the new Coronavirus have been confirmed in Ghana. This makes a total of 6 cases so far.
The development was announced by Director of Public Health at Ghana Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie during a press briefing on the current status of the country at the Information Ministry Sunday, March 15, 2020.
According to him, 2 more...
Dr. Badu Sarkodie, the Director for Public Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has given the assurance that the US$100 million funding from the government is going to help prevent the spread and effectively manage cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
He said following confirmation of the country’s first two cases of flu-like virus, there was an urgent need...
Ghana yesterday 12 March 2020 recorded it’s first confirmed two cases of the deadly CODVID-19 after a Turkish and a Norwegian came into the country. This new development has caused fear and panic all over the length and breadth of the country as any are left worried as to who may be a possible carrier of the...
GENERAL
COVID-19: ‘We’ve initiated processes for contact tracing’ – Health Minister
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The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has announced processes to trace persons who might have come in contact with the two victims of coronavirus in Ghana. The two persons who returned to Ghana from Norway and Turkey tested positive to coronavirus after laboratory results from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. The Minister, however, stated...
One of the two persons confirmed as having contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a Ghanaian, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed.
According to him, one of the two males who entered Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) works abroad and returned to Ghana for a visit with the disease.
The other person is a Norwegian citizen.
He confirmed that the two started...
INTERNATIONAL
Islamic scholar who said coronavirus was Allah’s punishment tests positive
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Prominent Iraqi Shia scholar, Hadi Al-Modarresi, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, weeks after he claimed the deadly disease was undoubtedly “an act of Allah” against the Chinese for their treatment, mockery and disrespect towards Muslims and Islam.
The 63-year-old cleric, who is one of the most prominent Shia leaders in Iraq and comes from a long line of active scholars, was quoted in February 2020 as saying: “It is...
POLITICS
NDC Will Use ‘Fire For Fire’ Strategy To Win 2020 Election-Emmanuel Victor Smith
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Former Ghanaian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Emmanuel Victor Smith has said his outfit will be putting all arsenals together to ensure they win the 2020 general elections.
According to him, the NDC would win the elections to send the New Patriotic Party (NPP) back to opposition.
“In fact, they’re recruiting and I’m stating on record that...
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has declared a 72-hour prayer and fasting period against the spread of the coronavirus. The founder and leader of Action Chapel International has been leading his congregation to pray since 8 march 2020 that no Ghanaian life, home and abroad, will be lost to the coronavirus. Declaring the 72-hour fasting and prayers at...
Parliament has passed the Customs (Amendment) Bill 2020, which seeks to ban the importation of accident cars into the country. The law will prohibit the importation of specific vehicles of over ten years of age. The country is also expected to lose over GHC802 million for the first three years in tax waivers. The law...
egendary musician, Yaw Sarpong says there’s nothing wrong for a secular artiste to feature a Gospel musician in a song or an album.
According to him, if the song motivates and inspires, there’s nothing that should stop a gospel artiste from featuring a secular artiste.
He made this known when he spoke on Accra-based Okay FM while speaking with Halifax Ansah-Addo...














































