The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has undertaken a total of one hundred thousand test samples of suspected COVID-19 cases especially across the southern parts of the Ghana since the outbreak of the disease some two months ago. Prof. Abraham Kwabena Annan who maintained that the cost of the …
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Tension at GRIDCO as staff reject Oath of Secrecy
There is uneasy calm at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) as management is on the neck of employees to sign an oath of secrecy. Irate staff have vowed to resist any attempt that seeks to gag them. According to the staff, they will have a showdown with management if they …
Read More »ECG details how prepaid customers can benefit from electricity relief
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is asking prepaid meters users to either swipe or insert cards into meters before topping up at various vending points. This move, by the power distribution company will enable it get accurate consumption data to ensure a smooth implementation of the Government of Ghana’s …
Read More »Coronavirus: These things can kill you faster, avoid them
Did you know you had a higher risk of opening up yourself to infections and the coronavirus with a weak immune system? A weak immune system opens you up to infections that your body cannot fight. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the immune system is a network …
Read More »Staff of Ankaase Methodist hospital threaten strike over robbery attacks
Management and the staff of the Ankaase Methodist hospital in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region say they will lay down their tools if persistent robbery attacks on their facility and their staff continue. The incessant attacks on the hospital led to the death of one member …
Read More »The Grievous Plight Of Foreign Students
The world as we know it is reeling under the effects of the global pandemic that is COVID 19. The highly contagious, still mysterious disease, has found its way into almost every single corner of the world and though it seemed to take its time, in the beginning, it has …
Read More »Zoomlion disinfect KIA as Domestic Flights set To Begin Operations From May 1
Domestic flights will begin operations from May 1, 2020, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has announced. The minister made the disclosure while monitoring a disinfection exercise carried out by Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) at the Accra Kotoka International Airport. The exercise, which was simultaneously done in the …
Read More »16-year-old donates to Accra Rehabilitation Centre
Founder of Limitless Foundation, Arnav Nambiar, together with his team has donated several bags of rice and boxes of beverages to support the Accra rehabilitation centre during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 16-year-old high school student of the Lincoln Community School embarked on the gesture today April 28, 2020, where he …
Read More »Universities won’t repeat their lessons when school resumes – Deputy Education Minister
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum the Deputy Education Minister says universities will continue their lessons from their online sessions when school finally resumes. He said only basic and secondary school students will have the benefit of going over everything they have learnt so far with regards to the online and TV …
Read More »Kasoa traders invoke curse on taskforce members over mandatory wearing of nose masks
Some traders at Kasoa new market have invoked curses on members of the Awutu Senya East Municipal Taskforce for forcing them to wear nose masks. According to the taskforce members, they went to the market to enforce the ‘no nose mask no business’ protocol as instructed by President Nana Akufo-Addo …
Read More »You slept with my girl – Funny Face calls out Kalybos, Bismark The Joke and Lil Win
Controversy is brewing as comedian Funny Face has slammed colleagues Bismark The Joke, Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin and Kalybos for allegedly spreading falsehood about him. In a viral video, Funny Face angrily called out the trio and accused them of betraying him. “Funny Face you’ve been destroyed for too long come …
Read More »Doctors at Korle Bu Cardio Centre buying PPE with their own money
Doctors at the National Cardiothoracic Center at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital have resorted to using their own money to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the country battles COVID-19. The doctors say they are compelled to cough out amounts ranging between GHC200 and GHC300 to purchase the PPE which …
Read More »Ronaldinho ‘totally surprised’ by Paraguay arrest
Ronaldinho says he was “totally surprised” to have been arrested and charged with using a fake passport in his first interview after being released from prison. The former Barcelona footballer and his brother Roberto Assis were arrested in Paraguay in early March for allegedly using fake documents to enter the country. After spending 32 days …
Read More »We don’t have the human resource for 88 new district hospitals – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says it does not have human resource to facilitate service delivery in the 88 new district hospitals promised by the President. According to the GMA, the number of medical students in training now are not enough to offer services and provide the care needed in …
Read More »Doctors And Nurses Run After Akufo Addo Over 50% Salary Increment Fails To Materialize
The First Gentleman of the land, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo on Sunday 06 April 2020 announced that starting from April 2020, Ghanaian Coronavirus frontline workers such as healthcare professionals will receive 3 months’ tax break and 50% increment in their basic salary. ReportGhana’s email box has been full of complaints as numerous frontline …
Read More »IMF forecasts Ghana’s inflation rate of 8% in 2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting an inflation rate below the upper band of the Bank of Ghana’s target, for this year. This means the prices of goods and services will remain largely the same, while interest rates stay low. The Central Bank is forecasting an average inflation rate …
Read More »Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba gets zero vote from ex-players in FA presidential elections
Chelsea legend Didier Drogba’s quest to lead Ivory Coast football received a major blow after former players unanimously voted for his rival. Of the 14 members in the Association, 11 voted for his rival, league president Sory Diabate, while three persons abstained. The third candidate, the current Vice President, Idriss …
Read More »Italian Serie A: Teams set to return to individual training on May 4
Serie A sides will be allowed to return to individual training on 4 May and team training on 18 May after the Italian prime minister announced the first steps in lifting the country’s coronavirus lockdown. There are hopes Serie A fixtures could resume between 27 May and 2 June – …
Read More »COVID-19: GUTA appeals for 3-week grace period to clear goods
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) is making fresh appeals to government to give its members a three-week grace period to mobilize funds to clear their goods from the country’s various ports amidst the novel Coronavirus pandemic. GUTA’s concerns come barely a week after the Ghana Shippers’ Authority officially informed the …
Read More »COVID-19: Akufo-Addo promises 88 new hospitals
President Akufo-Addo says government will soon commence the construction of hospitals in the 88 districts in the country without hospitals. According to the President, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the massive gap in health infrastructure in the country and the need for government to attend to it. “There are 88 …
Read More »Do not use homemade face masks with strings – Health Minister
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has advised against the use of homemade face masks with strings that are worn tied behind the neck or head. Rather, he recommended the use of face masks made from JAVA or Wax cloths sown triple-layered and with side loops to be worn as hooks …
Read More »Call us if your lights are off – ECG on ‘dumsor’ after rainstorm
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the recent power outages within its distribution network that hit some parts of the Greater Accra today, April 26, 2020 was a result of heavy rainstorms. According to a communique by the power distribution company, its engineers are working assiduously to rectify the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Six patients in critical condition
Six people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana are in critical condition. President, Nana Akufo-Addo announced this during his address the nation on measures his government is taking to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The death toll, he noted has risen to 11 but the two …
Read More »Fall armyworms have started destroying farms in Ghana again – Agric. Ministry
Fall armyworms have started destroying farms in Ghana again, a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture has said, urging farmers to up their game in the fight against the crop-eating worms. The ministry said farmers should report signs of armyworm presence early for action against them. “Surveillance reports indicate pockets …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana records 1,550 cases, 11 deaths
A total of 11 persons have so far died from Coronavirus in Ghana with the total number of infections spiraling to 1,550, according to the Ghana Health Service. The current number of cases means 271 new cases have been confirmed since the last count which stood at 1,279. The number …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Biakoye Education Directorate pickup involved in an accident
The newly donated Isuzu double cabin pickup by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to the Biakoye Education Directorate has been involved in an accident. JoyNews sources say the accident occurred last Friday at about 4 pm when the vehicle was travelling from the Biakoye District in the Oti Region …
Read More »Ghana records 54 malaria deaths in first quarter
Ghana has recorded a total of 54 malaria deaths between January and March 2020, the Ghana Health Service has said. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, has called on the public to take charge of their health and that of their families by observing the precautionary …
Read More »Zero malaria achievable – First Lady
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has entreated Ghanaians to pay attention to the proper diagnosis of suspected malaria even as they observe the protocols of preventing COVID-19. In a message to mark World Malaria Day on Saturday, 25 April 2020, Mrs Akufo-Addo also encouraged Ghanaians to sleep under treated mosquito nets …
Read More »Panic as Effia Nkwanta hospital runs of out blood
Emergency Health delivery services are under threat at the biggest health referral centre in the Western Region, the Effia Nkwanta hospital, due to the shortage of blood at the facility. The shortage at the blood bank is mainly as a result of the dreaded COVID-19 which has brought almost everything in the …
Read More »Ignore Dr. Anaba; all sample takers are experts – Noguchi Boss
The Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Prof. Abraham Kwabena Annan has denied claims that persons tasked to take samples for testing from COVID-19 patients in Ghana lack the requisite competence. The former CEO of the Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba in an interview with …
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