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President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated ghc500 to each of the stranded Kayaye (head porters) who were stopped at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on their way to the Northern Region. The head porters, numbering about 76, had attempted to flee from Accra back to their hometowns in the wake of the President’s order for a partial lockdown in the ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti Region, Adu Poku Christian has been beaten by armed policemen who were enforcing the lockdown in the area. According to MyNewsGh,the DCE and some journalists were whipped with vehicle fan belts and horsewhips by the enraged security officers. An eyewitness and aide to the DCE said,“A pickup vehicle ...

Private health professionals have appealed to the government to engage their services in the fight against coronavirus. The Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners, Ghana is calling for an effective collaboration between the government and private health operators in dealing with the coronavirus. It urged government to involve private health practitioners in capacity building activities and also use some ...

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has disclosed that 31 persons out of Ghana’s 153 active cases of coronavirus infections have been discharged from admission after going through periods of management in isolation. Speaking in an interview the minister disclosed that the 31 persons will be monitored closely in their respective homes by the ministry and the Ghana Health Service ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is forecasting between 16 and 24% drop in the price of fuel on the local market in the first Pricing-window for April 2020. This is due to the significant fall of 33.36% in the price of Brent crude, coupled with the considerable drop in the prices of petrol (51.29%) and diesel (27.96%) on the ...

The Northern Region Minister, Salifu Saeed, has revealed that government is facing difficulties in repatriating the ten foreign nationals who tested positive for Coronavirus to their countries. The Ghana Health Service on Sunday, March 29 announced that the Northern Region capital of Tamale had recorded 10 cases of the novel infectious disease. The cases, eight Guineans and two Burkinabes who ...

Eastern Region is yet to record a case of Coronavirus after all but one of 28 suspected cases tested negative. The result of the one is still pending, according to the Eastern Region Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Alberta Adjabeng Biritwum-Nyarko. But she indicated that three out of four persons are under self-isolation after being traced as ...

Twenty-two health professionals at the LEKMA Hospital at Teshie have been put in quarantine after a medical doctor at the facility tested positive for coronavirus. The unnamed physician is believed to have contracted the virus at a different health centre where he works on part-time basis. Some of his colleagues have told Starr News they are scared especially as there ...

Former President of MUSIGA, Bice Osei Kuffour has reacted to reports he has tested positive to the deadly coronavirus which is alleged to have killed his father, MyNewsGh.com reports. There were reports in sections of the media that suggested that Obour had been infected by COVID-19 after his father was killed by the virus. But in a tweet, the New ...

A rainstorm has ripped off 18 houses in Atiwa East in the Eastern Region displacing at least 24 occupants. No casualty was recorded in the incident which occurred in three communities-Kadowaso, Awirensua and Anyinam. Also affected were Anyinam Zion Kingdargaten school block and Anyinam Methodist Basic School. The displaced residents are currently perching with friends and families while others sleep ...