The Management of the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua has indefinitely suspended all non-emergency surgeries due to coronavirus outbreak in the Country. Management of the facility says it will attend to only emergency surgeries. A statement issued by the Hospital and signed by the Acting Medical Director, Dr Cardinal Newton …

Parliament has approved a total of €55.024 million credit facility agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank to finance the development of Phase- Two of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) at Somanya in the Eastern Region. The agreement is made up of a Sace …

4 more cases have been recorded, making Ghana’s confirmed coronavirus cases 141 in all. The figures include 5 deaths and 2 recoveries. This was announced by the Ghana Health Service on their official update page, Saturday, March 28, 2020. Per details on the site; “As of 14:00 hours on the …

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bawku Central Constituency, Mahama Ayariga, has been asked by the Speaker of Parliament to go into self-isolation and keep away from the precincts of Parliament until after March 27, 2020. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, who gave the directive, said the MP was required to observe the …

A global approach is the only way to fight COVID-19, the UN says it launches humanitarian response plan. On Wednesday, 25th of March the United Nations Secretary – General Antonio Guterres launched a 2billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Middle East and some part of …

The Electoral Commission has been compelled to withdraw a Constitutional Instrument it laid in parliament two weeks ago. The CI which was was expected to give legal backing to the commission to compile a new register had defects which were highlighted at a meeting between the EC and the subsidiary …

Hon. Abena Osei-Asare, Member of Parliament for Atiwa-East donates hand washing items to the 12 CHP compounds and three health facilities in the constituency.    The gesture formed part of efforts by the MP to help deal with the threat of the viral disease, coronavirus in the country.   Some …

Editor’s Note: There is a discrepancy in the figures provided by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) which is the sole institution announcing updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. GHS confirmed Thursday morning that there have been a newly recorded 54 cases including 3 deaths. If added to the earlier 68 cases, it …

Some four political parties including the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) walked out of an ongoing Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting. In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the EC in line with the President’s directive on public gathering resolves to divide the parties into …

Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has said the number of coronavirus cases in Ghana has risen from 27 to 52. He made this disclosure at a presser in Accra, Tuesday. The 25 new cases, according to the minister, were confirmed among the 1,030 people who are under mandatory quarantine in the …

I want to first of all appreciate the President of the Republic of Ghana, HE Nana Addo-Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo for his commitment in putting up measures to deal with the deadly Corona virus pandemic in  Ghana. Indeed the entire world has been badly hit by this global pandemic affecting …

Kumasi is replete with powerful history and rich culture. Some aspects of Kumasi’s history are embedded in monuments speaking volumes. Monuments in public spaces don’t just emerge out of thin air. In the strictest sense, monuments are the products of collective human efforts — often expensive and time-consuming — erected …

Prevent Covid-19 With Water Vapour Treatment – Jacob Osei Yeboah   The Independent Presidential Candidate in Ghana Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah has caution the republic on COVID-19.   He stated that,CONVID-19 is all like Respiratory Viruses that can be deactivated or killed in the nasal cavity at the exposure of vapour …

Celebrities Buzz has sighted a video of a Ghanaian Coronavirus patient battling for her life. The issue of Coronavirus in Ghana seems to be a joke to the masses. Some are of the view that the government is pranking the masses in order to play their usual political games on their minds. …

Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye silenced Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak who made an attempt to school members of parliament on why they should not be wearing nose masks. This comes after the Speaker ordered Members of Parliament (MPs) to wear nose masks during sittings. Muntaka moved to correct …

Coronavirus cases in Ghana have jumped to 24 from 21,  as of last night. The update was posted on the government website dedicated to matters concerning the virus. Details of the new cases have not been disclosed. Among the confirmed cases, seventeen (17) are of Ghanaian nationality and seven (7) …

The novel coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana have risen to 24. “Twenty-three of the confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation and one of the cases who had an underlying chronic pulmonary condition prior to having COVID-19 died [on Saturday, March 21],” the Ghana Health Service said in an update. The …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has suspended its Constituency Chairman for Krachi-Nchumuru in the Oti Region Mr Joseph Kwame Danso Asiam following a petition that has been filed against him, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. A letter communicating the decision signed by the Regional Secretary Joshua G. Makubu dated March 22, 2020 …

The drastic measures taken in the UK to tackle coronavirus have been justified because of the need to save lives. Modelling by Imperial College London – used to inform government – suggests 500,000 could die if we do nothing. Even the government’s previous strategy to slow the spread was likely to lead …

Health authorities at Paga in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region are currently monitoring a suspected case of coronavirus. The suspected case was detected yesterday by health workers at the Nakolo Clinic and efforts are being made to ascertain the condition. The patient, it is gathered, came …

Ghana’s Ministry of Health is currently mobilizing new and retired healthcare professionals to augment the nation’s covid-19 fight. President Akufo-Addo in a national broadcast on Saturday night said such personnel will help deal with a possible surge in infections in the coming days as Ghana struggles to contain the spread …

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the posting of 90,636 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year, to various health facilities in all sixteen (16) regions across the country, to undertake their mandatory one year National Service. All eligible nurses who register for the national service are requested …

Ghana records two(2) new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death, this leaves the existing case count in the country to be 21. Prior to this new development, the Ghana Health Service reported three new cases earlier on Saturday pushing the figure to 19. One of the patients, a 61-year-old Lebanese …

Per public health principles, it will be in the country’s best interest to lock down, says the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Aboagye. His comment comes on the back of Ghana seeing a rising number of new infections as the days go by. According to the Director-General …

Former President John Dramani Mahama, has reacted to news that he has settled on Asunafo South Member of Parliament as his running mate for 2020 elections. There were media reports that the former President will choose Eric Opoku as his running mate. The report went ahead to say that the …

A Medical Research Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Joseph Kofi Bonnie, has disclosed health experts in Ghana are now studying Chinese literature to help understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ghana has so …

The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana has increased to 19. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Doctor Patrick Aboagye, disclosed this on Joy News’ Newsfile on Saturday. “Currently the number has increased from 16 to 19. Sometimes you don’t get the results as quickly as …

A final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has died through electrocution in her apartment, reports Dailymailgh. Bernice Akyeama Baah, a Metallurgical Engineering student, was about showering in her rented Ayeduase apartment when the incident occurred at about 8.30pm Wednesday. She was discovered unconscious and was rushed to …

A father took to his twitter handle to share photos of his newly born baby who tested positive for the coronavirus. The coronavirus since it’s emergence has taken lots of lives as Italy yesterday recorded the highest death of 475 in a day so far. The young man was so worried …

The Minority in Parliament says it will go to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of Article104 of the Constitution which indicates the conduct of votes in the House. This follows the House’s approval of a request by the government to pass the Imposition of Restriction Bill under a …