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US Embassy in Accra opens thousands of new visa slots; urges World Cup travellers to apply early
Posted on with No CommentThe United States Embassy in Accra has announced an expansion of visa processing capacity, opening “thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment slots,” with many said to be immediately available. The move is a direct effort to manage anticipated high demand … Read more →
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Ghana records 834 COVID-19 cases
Posted on | CommentGhana’s Coronavirus case count has increased to 834. In its routine updates, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said the new development was mainly due to the enhanced contact-tracing and testing process which is ongoing. The exercise has resulted in some … Read more →
COVID-19: Papa Owusu-Ankomah in stable condition – High Commission
Posted on | CommentA statement from Ghana’s High Commission to the United Kingdom has assured that Papa Owusu-Ankomah is in a stable medical condition after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Papa Owusu Ankomah who was recently diagnosed with coronavirus was said to be in … Read more →
UK lockdown restrictions to remain for 18 months?
Posted on | CommentUnited Kingdom’s Health Minister, Nadine Dorries has said that the island will be in ‘full lockdown ‘ until a coronavirus vaccine is found, which according to experts could take up to 18 months. He made this known on Wednesday, April … Read more →
IMF’s $1 billion cash to hit BoG’s account today
Posted on | CommentThe Country Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the $1 billion IMF rapid credit facility world hit the Bank of Ghana’s account today Thursday 16th April, 2020. According to Dr Albert Touna Mama, the required documentation has … Read more →
Ghana records 641 Coronavirus cases with 83 recoveries
Posted on | CommentThe number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Ghana now stands at 641, according to the latest update on the pandemic by the Ghana Health Service on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The number of recovered coronavirus patients in Ghana has seen … Read more →
Ghana records 636 COVID-19 cases
Posted on | CommentGhana’s COVID-19 case count is now 636 an addition of 70 new cases from the last count of 566, the Ghana Health Service confirmed on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. An update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that the … Read more →
Coronavirus: UK growth could drop by record 35% by June
Posted on | CommentBritain’s independent tax and spending watchdog has warned the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a record 35% drop in UK growth by June. The Office for Budget Responsibility said that this was based on an assumption that the current lockdown would … Read more →
IMF grants debt relief for 19 African nations
Posted on | CommentSummary Debt relief will run for an initial period of six months A million masks arrive in Ethiopia Eswatini denies claims about King Mswati’s health Ugandan gay refugee kills himself outside UNHCR’s office SA minister condemns vandalism of 183 schools … Read more →
Coronavirus: Trump claims ‘total’ authority to lift lockdown
Posted on | CommentPresident Donald Trump has claimed “total” power to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, contradicting governors and legal experts. “The president of the United States calls the shots,” Mr Trump said during a combative press conference in which he feuded with … Read more →
Free water directive to cost almost GH¢300m
Posted on | CommentThe government has to mobilise nearly GH¢300 million to settle the bills of all Ghanaians in April, May and June. This is because the monthly bill of the Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) averages GH¢95 million. We have also gathered … Read more →
406 arrested for flouting movement restrictions – Police
Posted on | CommentA total of 406 people across the country have been arrested for flouting the government’s movement restrictions directive over the coronavirus pandemic. The Head of Prosecutions for the Greater Accra Region of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Lydia Donkor, said … Read more →
COVID-19: Seventeen recover in Ghana
Posted on | CommentSeventeen infected persons have recovered from the novel coronavirus in Ghana, according to the Ghana Health Service. “We have 17 persons who have recorded double negatives and are obviously clinically cured,” Dr. Patrick Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health … Read more →
Details of COVID-19 patient in Western Region emerge
Posted on | CommentThe office of the Western Regional Minister in a press release has given details of the single COVID-19 case in the Western Region. According to the press release signed by the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah on Monday 13th … Read more →
Ghana’s covid-19 cases shoot up to 566 – Western & Volta Regions record cases
Posted on | CommentGhana’s COVID-19 cases have shot up to 566, an addition of 158 from the last count of 408. The Ghana Health Service showed that new cases were also reported in the Western and Volta Regions, which now become the ninth … Read more →
57.1% of coronavirus cases in Ghana have no travel history – GHS data
Posted on | CommentFollowing the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and a rising number of cases in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that 57.1 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases between March and April have had no history of travel while … Read more →
Boris Johnson leaves hospital as he continues recovery from coronavirus
Posted on | CommentBoris Johnsonhas left hospital after spending a week in hospital with Covid-19 and will go to Chequers to continue his recovery. The prime minister was being treated at St Thomas’ hospital in south London and had spent time in the … Read more →
University of Ghana Scientists discover sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2 responsible for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentScientists at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens all at the University of Ghana have discovered sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2 responsible for COVID-19. According to the release, samples … Read more →
Family of 3, including 11 month old baby burnt to death at New Takoradi
Posted on | CommentOn Easter Friday 10th April, 2020 a family of three was been burnt to death at New Takoradi in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. Mena Mansa, 28, the mother and her two children Paa Kwesi, 3 and Obaa Yaa, eleven months old … Read more →
Ghana’s High Commissioner to UK Paapa Owusu Ankomah tests positive for covid-19
Posted on | CommentInformation reaching www.233times.net is that Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah has tested positive for coronavirus. www.233times.net is told that the Former Sekondi Member of Parliament (MP) is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU). A … Read more →
Effutu residents block roads to protest use of SHS as Covid-19 isolation centre
Posted on | CommentResidents of Effutu in Cape Coast are protesting over the selection of Effutu Senior High School as an isolation centre for the treatment of Covid-19 cases. The school is among the institutions in the Central Region selected to host suspected … Read more →
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