Coronavirus: Jack Ma announces more donation to Africa

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, on Monday announced the donation of more medical equipment to Africa in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle. Ma twitted: “Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC. “This includes 4.6 million […]

READ: Why Partial lockdown was lifted

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 19th April, 2020, announced the lifting of the restriction to movements of persons in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa, and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts. According to President, the decision to enforce the 3-week lockdown was taken to […]

Covid-19: Cases in Ghana rise to 834, 99 Recovered and Discharged

Ghana’s number of Coronavirus cases has risen from 641 to 834 as at today, April 18, 2020, according to the Ghana Health Service. Full statement below SITUATION UPDATE, COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN GHANA – 18 APRIL 2020 The Ghana Health Service is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing […]

SAD! Buhari’s Chief of Staff who died from coronavirus buried | Photos

The Nigerian president’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus, has been buried in Abuja. He was buried according to Islamic rites. Mr Kyari, who was in his 70s and had underlying health problems including diabetes, was the top official aide to 77-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari and one of […]

President Buhari’s chief of staff dies of coronavirus

The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Abba Kyari, has died more than two weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, announced Mr Kyari’s death on Twitter. In a statement on Saturday morning to POLITICS NIGERIA, the Presidency announced the passage of the […]

Covid-19: Ghana Records 641 Cases, 83 Recovered and Discharged

Ghana’s number of Coronavirus cases has risen from 636 to 641 as at 10:55pm today, April 15, 2020, according to the Ghana Health Service. Full statement below SITUATION UPDATE, COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN GHANA AS AT 15 APRIL 2020, 22:55 HRS Two weeks since the institution of enhanced surveillance, restriction of movement and continuous public education to […]

Covid-19: List of FDA approved hand sanitisers in Ghana

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), is urging the public to patronise only hand sanitisers approved by the Authority. Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, Mrs Delese Darko, has presented a list of registered sanitisers to prevent the public from patronising unregistered and substandard ones. The approved hand sanitisers include AFRICAHAND SANITIZER (Ethanol 70%), 2BD […]

NPP suspends elections over covid-19 pandemic

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has its parliamentary primaries which was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020. The primaries were meant to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament ahead of the 2020 General Elections. A statement issued by the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu, said the decision was […]

Coronavirus: Ashanti region records 4 more cases

The Ashanti region has recorded four more Covid-19 cases, the Regional Health Directorate has confirmed. This brings the total number of recorded cases in the region to 53 as at Tuesday April 14, 2020. The Regional Health Director, Dr Emmanuel Tenkorang, explained that, this disclosure is in response to fake numbers being reported on social […]

Covid-19: Ghana Records 70 new Cases, Total Now 636

Ghana’s number of Coronavirus cases has risen from 566 to 636 as at 11:00pm today, April 13, 2020, according to the Ghana Health Service. 17 fully recovered persons SITUATION UPDATE, COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN GHANA AS AT 13 APRIL 2020, 23:00 HRS In the past two weeks since the institution of enhanced surveillance, restriction of movement and […]