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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the Ejisu Health Directorate in the Ashanti Region. Some of the PPEs were also given to security officers of the COVID-19 safety operation in the constituency enforcing Government’s ban on movement. The NEIP CEO donated GHC10,000, 2000 hand Sanitizers, 10 boxes ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Transport to work together and find a solution to the “bottlenecks” at the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE), the Minister of Information has disclosed. GAPTE, operators of bus rapid transit system Aayalolo, halted operations with the pretext that patronage has reduced due to the lockdown in ...

Over 6,000 samples have been taken for testing for COVID-19 through the enhanced testing and tracing commenced by the government on Monday. Addressing a Press Conference Friday, 03 April 2020, Dr Patrick Aboagye, the Director-General for the Ghana Health Service revealed that many more samples will be taken today for testing for COVID-19. The samples were taken from areas in ...

The Telecommunications Chamber has called on Ghanaians to limit data usage as they stay home in compliance with the lockdown directives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chamber in a 10-point guidance document asked Ghanaians to avoid unnecessary video calls and also limit the amount of data they use within digital rush hours such as 9 am and 11 am ...

Togo President Faure Gnassingbé has declared a 3-month state of emergency to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The President said the seriousness of the situation warrants a quick response, which includes the immediate start of a curfew from 7pm to 6am local time. President Gnassingbe announced that an alleviation package of nearly 400 billion CFA francs (about $650 ...

Parliament has donated an amount of two hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GHc200,000) into the COVID-19 trust fund. Making the donation, the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye urged all Members of Parliament and other workers to contribute to the fund to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Speaker Oquaye has been at the forefront of the fight to prevent ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says two patients who have been infected with the novel Coronavirus are in critical condition. According to the GHS’s website, the two are in Routine Surveillance but sought to give no further details on their situation. On April 2, 2020, Ghana recorded 9 new cases of coronavirus – shooting the number of cases from 195 to 204. ...

Some 75 major markets across all 18 districts in the Volta region would undergo a mass fumigation exercise on Saturday April 4, 2020. The exercise which is spearheaded by Zoomlion Ghana forms part of a nationwide exercise to disinfect major markets in the country against the spread of the novel coronavirus. At a media briefing on Thursday at the VRCC, ...

Outspoken professor at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has challenged African leaders to be bold and resist any attempt by foreigners to use Africans for trials into vaccines meant to cure the coronavirus. The lecturer in a short post on Facebook said African leaders should tell the foreign leaders to test the vaccines on their citizens before heading ...

GCB Bank Limited has reacted to allegations that a client died in their Banking hall due to the negligence of some staff at the Boundary Road Branch. There was a post by one Raymond Andre Paadoshkash alleging that the negligence of staff at the Boundary Road Branch led to the untimely death of their mother. But responding to the allegations, ...