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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is committed to helping its member states in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. ECOWAS in a statement said its specialised health Institution responsible for coordinating covid-19 response at the regional level, has drawn up a Regional Strategic Plan with all Member States. In a statement, the commission noted: “Thus, ...

A Paediatrician, Dr Jocelyn Dame, has said there is currently no evidence that coronavirus can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to her baby. She said even though there have been two instances were newborn babies tested positive for the virus after 30 hours of birth, there is currently no conclusion as to whether that coronavirus can be transmitted from ...

A 34-year-old Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly defying the restriction order by taking blood samples of pregnant women and residents at Gbese Community, a suburb of James Town without legal authority. Chukwuka James, 34, has therefore been remanded by the Accra Circuit Court presided over by Afia Owusuwaa Appiah to re-appear on April 15, 2020. His plea was not ...

Up to two million jobs may be lost in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, Executive Director for the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) Kosi Antwiwaa Yankey has projected. According to her, analyzing both the formal and informal sector, a lot of jobs will be lost, but the number will be drastically controlled with the GHC90 million facility ...

IMANI Policy Brief: Don’t let the short-term crisis measures reverse regulatory gains made in supporting prudent fiscal behaviour The Ghanaian government through the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on 30 March 2020 outlined a strategy – fiscal measures to mitigate the impact of coronavirus pandemic including the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP), to manage the impact of the crisis on ...

He calls himself a shoe manufacturer who majors in the production of different shoes, locally made, for mass consumption. He is passionate about what he does but beyond that, he is a problem solver, who looks around for an opportunity to help in whatever situation wherever he finds himself. It was such an occasion that motivated Richard Kwarteng to produce ...

The Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies, ISDES has called on government to extend urgent support to foreign students caught up in the partially lockdown regions of Ghana over covd-19. The institute paints a rather worrisome picture of the triple bitter pill of a lockdown, an imposition of travel restrictions and the closure of all schools shoved down the ...

The Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan has revealed that the region has so far recorded 86 suspected cases of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. According to the Minister, out of the total number, 84 cases have turned out negative after they were tested while two are currently pending. Mr. Duncan revealed this to the media shortly after the disinfection of markets in ...

The Member of Parliament for Yagaba/Kumori has raised concerns about what he calls inconsistencies from government on the provision for Kayayes and other vulnerable groups suffering the biting edge of the lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. According to Ibrahim Abdul-Rauf Tanko, claims of the Minister of Gender, children and social protection that no one had promised cash handouts to Kayayes, ...

The Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) says it has developed an application that will help the COVID-19 response team of government to carry out effective contact tracing as well as monitoring and .evaluation of all information gathered. The President of the institution, Surveyor Dr John Kwaku Amaglo, made the disclosure at the Jubilee House when he presented a cheque of ...