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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced governments intention to procure local production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) as a means to intensify measures aimed at curtailing the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. In his regular televised addressed to the nation on Sunday [April 5, 2020], the president said, government is actively engaged with local manufacturing companies to assist them ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has welcomed government’s incentives for health workers in the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic but says their priority is the protection materials for staff. On Sunday April 5, President Akufo-Addo announced all health workers in the country are to enjoy tax holiday for three months as part of government incentive for their ...

There seems to be confusion over who has the right to carry out the disinfection of markets in the Western Region as Zoomlion has threatened to pull out from the exercise. The Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah at a press conference in Sekondi on April 4 told journalists including RESEC, MMDCES, health officials, market leaders among others that Zoomlion ...

There is an uneasy calm at the Maamobi Polyclinic in the Greater Accra region as nurses got into contact with a suspected Covid-19 patient, who brought her daughter for treatment. Dailymailgh.com gathers that a woman who through contact tracing was suspected to be COVID-19 infected refused to self-quarantine as she was advised to do until her result was ready. She ...

President Akufo-Addo has announced that water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months – April, May, June – will be absorbed by the government, as the fight against coronavirus intensifies. Addressing the Nation on Sunday, the President said: “The Ghana Water Company Ltd and the Electricity Company of Ghana have been directed to ensure the stable supply of ...

The Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA ) has postponed their Congress. With reference to our earlier notice to all affiliated clubs of the Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA) about the 2019/20 Congress which was slated to be held on Tuesday 7th April 2020. The Executive Council of the GARFA regret to inform you through this circular that the ...

Ghana has recorded another case of a health worker; a nurse, testing positive of the deadly COVID-19. The nurse who works at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, disclosed on Accra-based Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen current affairs shows, yesterday. The Herald’s independent finding is ...

Some citizens from the Netherlands and some EU countries have been safely repatriated to their various home countries amidst the scourge of the coronavirus, a tweet from the Dutch embassy in Ghana has confirmed. The flight which took off from the Kotoka International Airport, Friday afternoon was arranged by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs with support from Ghanaian authorities. ...

Kempinski Hotel in Accra has denied media reports it is embarking on mass staff retrenchment following the coronavirus pandemic. Media reports have claimed the luxurious hotel is shutting down four of its accommodation floors over low patronage as Ghana battles to get a hold of the virus locally. A statement issued by management of the hotel Saturday said: “Kempinski Hotel ...

Born to a Ghanaian father and a German mother in the German city of Troisdorf, Dr. Marylyn Addo has carved a niche for herself as one of just a few women at the forefront of finding a much sought-after vaccine for the deadly global pandemic, the Coronavirus. Having being inspired by her father, who is a physician, Dr Addo first came ...