Five (5) Health Workers have tested positive for Coronavirus in the Eastern Region. The number is out of over a hundred (100) health workers exposed to positive contacts hence quarantined and being tested. Meanwhile, the Eastern Region has confirmed one new case of Coronavirus on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, increasing the regional tally to 95. Many health facilities in the ...

A Public Health analyst Samuel Arthur has criticised the Health Minister over his outburst on the wearing of mask among Ghanaians in the wake of COVID-19. The Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu while addressing a news conference on Tuesday lamented the recalcitrance of Ghanaians in nose mask-wearing which he says could lead to further spread of the virus. “There are ...

Just like his namesake in Orwell’s Animal Farm with his subterfuge, perfidy and intolerable disposition, Dr. Mahmadu Bawumia makes it very difficult for himself to come across as a credible, likeable individual. He is also not helped by a natural misfortune – nothing to blame him for: His voice and manner of speaking. In his over eagerness to spin lies ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamud Bawumia’s inordinate attacks on Fmr. Prez Mahama can be likened to a football player who is made to specifically concentrate on ensuring that a particular player doesn’t score in a match. Unfortunately, after a successful first half attacks, that particular player goes on to score a goal in the second half of the game. The ...

Contrary to claims by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) that Ghana was at its peak of the coronavirus, a biostatistician has refuted the claims calling on Ghanaians to expect more cases. Dr. Justice Aheto explained that Ghana currently does not have the supportive and fundamental data needed to arrive at such a conclusion as it fights the pandemic. The GHS ...

The Ledzorkuku Municipal (LEKMA) Hospital in Teshie has become the third hospital to receive a consignment of PPEs donated by Standard Chartered Bank as part of the GHS 1 million committed by the Bank to support emergency relief and aid those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. It is envisaged that the PPEs which included N95 masks, disposable coveralls ...

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan and the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assemblies both in the Western Region have resorted to whipping of residents who refuse to wear nose masks. Wearing of nose masks at public places is now mandatory in Ghana as one of the measures to contain and manage COVID-19. But the situation in most parts of the Western Region is quite ...

A political Science Lecturer at the KNUST, Dr. Kwesi Amakye Boateng says there is nothing wrong with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s response to former President John Mahama’s recent comments because the former President has been doing politics with the COVID-19 pandemic. After setting a team of NDC members christened NDC COVID-19 Team parallel to the government’s response team, former President ...

The Manhyia Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested a wedded wife and her boyfriend for conniving to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The two were arrested after they mistook the would-be contract killer’s cell phone number for Manhyia Divisional Police Commander’s. The 27-year-old suspect, Mavis Brepor popularly called Maadwoa, married to ...

A Senior lecturer who is Head of the Banking and Finance Department of the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA), Dr. Edward Atta-Botchwey has been caught pants down in a full essay plagiarism following his publication of an article whose owner later popped up, MyNewsGh.com can confirm. According to one Roland Ofori Larbi, he is the original author of an ...