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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 ...

The National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammy Awuku says coronavirus cases in Ghana would have worsened if Ghana had a President flip-flopping with decisions to contain the pandemic. According to him, Ghana is blessed to have President Akufo-Addo at this crucial time which requires pragmatic decisions to tackle the pandemic head-on. “Under our circumstances government has ...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr. did not return to the United States the same man who had visited the newly-independent Ghana in March 1957. He struck a friendship with Ghana’s independence leader Kwame Nkrumah and was impressed by the way the intelligent and eloquent Nkrumah philosophized about the need for black emancipation. But above all, the psychological and physical meaning ...

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation & Water Resources together with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has been involved in a holistic clean up of markets and other major beehives of commercial activities in Accra, Ghana’s capital. The Minister for sanitation and water resources commended the group Chairman of ...

Former President John Mahama has donated PPEs and gumboots amounting to GHC300,000 to support the fight against the deadly Covid-19 in Ghana. The items included 500 PPEs and 500 gumboots. The former President in a live Facebook address Saturday said he intends adding on some more in the coming days because of the threat from the Accident and Emergency ward ...

President Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic by two more weeks. The move was announced by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Saturday. Hi Folks, President @NAkufoAddo has by a new executive instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by another two weeks effective midnight tomorrow April 5. — ...

There are now more than over 6,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and ...