GENERAL NEWS

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Minister of Education, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has presented bags of rice and boxes of cooking oil to the Kumasi Children’s Home  and Kumasi Cheshire Home  in the Ashanti region as part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of addressing some of the challenges arising out of the …

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has summoned the Chinese ambassador to Ghana over reports of inhumane treatment meted out to Ghanaians in China in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese authorities have reportedly started kicking out blacks from the Guandong province following a spike in imported coronavirus …

Residents in the Central region are ganging up against the idea of using schools in their communities as isolation centres for the deadly Coronavirus. It started with Winneba when authorities took to the streets to kick against the use of Winneba Secondary School as isolation centre days after the region …