Ghana has recorded four more new cases of coronavirus. This brings the total cases as at March 28 to 141. On March 27, confirmed cases in Ghana stood at 137. The Ghana Health Service has confirmed the latest figure. There are so far four deaths related to the virus in Ghana. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/328202054129-wbrevihuto-img-20200328-wa0002.jpg http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/content/328202054129-qulxoca443-img-20200328-wa0003-576x10 ...
More than 500 slum dwellers at Dagombaline in the Ashanti Region have been rendered homeless after fire destroyed wooden structures that served as homes for head porters and scrap dealers. It is barely a month after fire gutted other parts of the slum, displacing about 13,000 persons, according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). The latest incident happened at a portion of the slum which was set ablaze when some youth groups in the area clashed in 2019. ...
The Health Ministry has announced a special life insurance cover for the 10,000 health personnel and allied professionals attending to COVID-19 response. In a letter addressed by the Sector Minister, Kwaku Agyemang to all heads of the agencies within the sector, the government indicated that frontline staff involved in the COVID-19 response have been insured under benefits such as Group life cover with an assured sum of GHS 350, 000 per life. Those who will attend to patients with cr ...
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has expressed disappointment in the ruling of the High Court which gives the National Identification Authority (NIA) the green light to proceed with Ghana Card registration in n the Eastern Region. According to him, the ruling effectively gives others the right of way to flout the President 39;s directive on banning public gatherings. Addressing the press in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu disagreed with the judgement of the court. ldquo;I am prof ...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has donated his three months salary to the Covid-19 Fund established by President Akufo-Addo. The fund is to help the vulnerable infected by the virus and also the frontline health officers who are combating the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. The Vice President rsquo;s donation follows the gesture by President Akufo-Addo when he announced the Fund in his address to the nation last night. Dr. Bawumia announced his support through a ...
President Akufo-Addo has declared a partial lockdown in some parts of the country. The lockdown will take effect on Monday 30 at 1pm and last for two weeks. This lockdown includes Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Tema Metropolitan Assembly and others. Those under lockdown would be allowed to access essential services such as food, medicine, bank, electricity and others. According to him, the ban on public gatherings, religious and social activ ...
A Senior Research Fellow at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR) Dr. Michael Owusu has prescribed an opposing observation to the Ghana Medical Association rsquo;s calls for a total lockdown in across the country saying he would rather support a region or community lockdown since the available data does not look too scary. Dr. Michael Owusu warned stakeholders to desist from putting undue pressure on the government to announce a lockdown since Ghana as a country must ...
The Founder and General Overseer of BibleHouse International Community Church, Apostle Justice Dennis Boamah has called on President Akufo-Addo and his Government to seek the face of God in taking any decision on the proposed total lockdown of the country. Serious pressures are being mounted on the Government of Ghana from different quarters and stakeholders to totally lock down the country as part of the fight against the rapid spread of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19). Even though th ...