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A visually impaired couple in the Okere District of the Eastern region of Ghana is probably going through the most difficult stage in their struggle for bread and butter as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and its negative impact on livelihoods. Francis Agbeko, 37, and Rose Korkor Tetteh, 39, …

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has identified street hawkers as potential carriers of the deadly coronavirus and could spread it in Ghana if they are not strictly checked by health authorities. He observes that persons who sell in traffic do not adhere to the safety protocols, especially the …

he Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has rejected calls by former President John Mahama that all contributors should be given a three-month token to cushion them against hardship in this era of coronavirus pandemic. “That the benefits His Excellency is suggesting that we pay do not exist in …

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is cautioning government against a possible outbreak of other infectious diseases like cholera which has become an annual ritual as rainy season approaches, MyNewsGh.com reports. “Don’t forget about diarrhea, malaria, cholera and flooding while we fight COVID 19” Mr. Osei Assibbey Antwi, Mayor of KMA disclosed. According …

A popular serial caller and Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashaiman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Baba Alhassan is dead. Sources reveal that he died on Friday, 24th April, 2020, after taking a long break, to seek medical attention in the Northern part of …

The Ghana Police Service has lauded the decision by the Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to ensure the “mandatory wearing of face masks in the Greater Accra Region by the general public”, but says the move is “not enforceable”. On Wednesday, a press statement issued and signed by the …

“When people are going to talk about this disease (Coronavirus), they will talk about it from the viewpoint of science. Get the scientists. Let them be the ones to talk. Get those who have specialist information. That is what I will encourage you to do.” These were the words of …

Televangelist, Pat Robertson, has agreed that abortion and same-sex marriage are partly to blame for the novel coronavirus that has caused massive social and economic upheaval in the United States (US). The 90-year-old Christian Broadcasting Network founder suggested that God won’t end the coronavirus pandemic until people “turn from their wicked ways.” “You confess …

Six Nigerien citizens who were put under mandatory quarantine after they were arrested for attempting to use illegal routes to travel outside the country have escaped from a holding centre at Asato in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region. They were part of 37 commuters arrested at the countryside …

John Dramani Mahama has indicated he will audit the COVID-19 fund that has been created to finance activities relating to the fight against the pandemic. He cautioned all persons who use the funds to keep their receipts because “the day of accountability will come”. The government of President Nana Addo …