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Covid-19: Frontline Health Workers receive 50% of basic salaries as top-up

April 6, 2020 2:30 pm Add a Comment

Frontline health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemic will receive 50 per cent of their basic salaries as top-up on their emoluments for four months. They will also be exempt from paying taxes on their salaries for the … Read more →

COVID 19: Contact tracing begins in Western Region

April 4, 2020 6:35 pm Add a Comment

The Western Regional Department of Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun contact tracing of people who traveled to Ghana from abroad before Ghana’s boarders were closed. According to a deep throat at the Regional Department of the Health Service, the … Read more →

Prez. Akufo-Addo, immediate family test negative for COVID-19

April 1, 2020 2:39 pm Add a Comment

President Nana Akufo-Addo has not tested positive for COVID-19 as is being suggested by some Ghanaians. This is according to the president’s personal physician, Dr. Patrina Takyi-Ankrah, who spoke at a press briefing organised by the Ministry of Information on … Read more →

Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital’s reference lab to be upgraded to test for COVID 19

March 27, 2020 12:09 pm Add a Comment

It is likely that the Reference Laboratory at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital will be upgraded to run clinical test for the novel coronavirus; termed COVID 19, Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Atsu Dodor has hinted. In … Read more →

Gov’t may introduce restrictions to stop COVID-19 spread – Oppong Nkrumah

March 26, 2020 12:07 pm Add a Comment

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has given indications that the government may announce restrictions in some parts of Ghana as part of additional measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the country. He said a restriction or … Read more →

Covid-19: Ghana records 27 cases and 2nd death

March 24, 2020 9:26 am Add a Comment

A second person has died from the coronavirus in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service has announced. “Twenty-seven (27) confirmed cases with two (2) deaths have been recorded. All the twenty-five (25) confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation,” Ghana Health … Read more →

COVID-19: Lockdown Greater Accra, Ashanti Regions – Bureau of Public Safety

March 23, 2020 7:19 am Add a Comment

The Bureau of Public Safety has called for the “immediate discriminated lockdown” of Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions for at least 21 days. The Bureau also called for the lockdown of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and all All … Read more →

Effia-Nkwanta Hospital case tests negative for COVID-19

March 20, 2020 3:22 pm Add a Comment

The ‘fear’ that gripped residents of the twin-city; Sekondi-Takoradi, about a possible outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, in the metropolis has been watered down by the test result from Noguchi Medical Research Institute. According to … Read more →

VIDEO: Pastor arrested for defying Prez. Akufo-Addo’s COVID-19 directive

March 18, 2020 12:02 pm Add a Comment

A pastor has been arrested for flouting the directives of President Akufo-Addo. The Head pastor of the Open Arms Ministry, Apostle Kofi Nkrumah Sarkodie reportedly organized a church service despite a ban on public gatherings including church services. According to Peace … Read more →

Public toilets in Sekondi-Takoradi to be closed down over COVID 19

9:03 am Add a Comment

Effective Wednesday 18 March, 2020, all toilet and bath house facilities in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis, which are deemed to be unhygienic shall be closed down. This action which will be taken by the Environmental Health Unit of the assembly, … Read more →