South Africa has 2028 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with 25 deaths. “The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted to date is 75 053,” Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize said in a statement on Saturday. The latest death reported was of a 61-year-old man in the Western Cape. “His underlying …
Read More »Fear and panic hits Walewale after Coronavirus kills 19-year-old
Residents of Walewale on in the North East Region have been left alarmed and in fear, after the death of a 19-year-old who reportedly contracted the Coronavirus in the area. The young man had been on admission for the management of an asthmatic attack. Deeply worry and anxiety has gripped residents in …
Read More »GHOne TV sanctions Duvet production team over ‘inappropriate’ content
The Management of EIB Network has sanctioned the production team whose negligence led to the showing of some inappropriate content on the Duvet show on GhOne television last Thursday. The content which aired minutes before the Presidential address on Covid-19 sparked concerns among some Ghanaians. In a statement, management of …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana condemns China for maltreating Ghanaians, Africans in China
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has condemned the ill-treatment of Ghanaians and other African nationals in China in the outbreak of COVID-19. This follows the circulation of videos on social media of Ghanaians and other African nationals being thrown out of hotels and places …
Read More »Ghana ranks 14th in doctor to patients’ ratio in Sub Saharan Africa-Report
Ghana is ranked 14th in Sub Saharan Africa in terms of number of patients to physician (medical doctor) ratio. The nation is however ranked 4th in the West African sub region. According to a World Bank survey from 2015 and 2017, and still being used presently, the ratio is 1000 …
Read More »Bridal couple, over 40 guests arrested for flouting ban on gatherings
Police at Obuasi have picked up 49 persons, including a groom and his bride, for flouting the ban on social gathering protocols during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The groom, Philip Ahenekwa, aged 35, and the bride, Ama Frema, aged 40, and the other persons are currently in police custody. They …
Read More »US death toll overtakes Italy as world’s highest
Earlier we reported that the US death toll was expected to soon overtake Italy as the highest in the world – and that has now happened. There have now been 19,701 deaths reported by the US, according to John Hopkins University. That compares to 19,468 reported by Italy’s government. Regardless …
Read More »COVID-19: WHO Warns Against Early Lifting Of Restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa. The United Nations agency would like to see an easing, but at the same time “lifting restrictions could …
Read More »Armed Police storm Praso as rampaging youth torch mining equipment
Armed Police Personnel have been deployed to Kwahu Praso in the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region after rampaging youth in the community and its surrounding villages besieged a Mining Company setting ablaze equipment worth millions of Ghana cedis. The rampaging youth set fire into two Tata Hitachi excavators …
Read More »Kotoko to be relegated by May 10 if they fail to pay Esperance of Tunisia $240,000
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) will order the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to relegate Asante Kotoko from the Ghana Premier League (GPL), by close of May 10, 2020, if they fail to pay Esperance of Tunisia $240,000. FIFA on Friday, April 10, ordered Asante Kotoko to pay Esperance …
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