Tag Archives: CORONA

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the nation for the 23rd time on the measures his government has taken to combat the spread of the novel COVID-19 among Ghanaians. In his address, the President announced restrictions on funerals, weddings, concerts, theatrical performances, and parties until further notice. “Until further notice, …

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is demanding drastic reduction and parliamentary investigations into the $150 as cost of COVID-19 antigen test at the Kotoka International Airport. In a statement on the floor of Parliament on Friday, 29 January 2021, Mr Ablakwa said other countries run the …

Rwanda has been ranked first in Africa and sixth globally in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and making the information accessible to the public. The Australian think tank Lowy Institute ranked a total of 98 countries globally gauging their level in terms of average performance in managing the pandemic within 36 …

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned – and it is not clear if he will be able to form and lead a new coalition government. He has been criticised for his handling of the coronavirus crisis, in which more than 85,000 Italians have died. Mr Conte met President Sergio …

Some male victims of COVID-19 who have fully recovered from the disease are struggling to have penis erection for sexual pleasure, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has disclosed. According to the Vice President of the Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, a number of complaints have come to the attention of physicians …

SA recorded 680 new Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the fifth-highest daily number of fatalities linked to the coronavirus. The new deaths means that 41,797 have now been recorded, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. The most fatalities recorded in 24 hours was 839, on January …

South Africa is the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent, with 1.3 million confirmed cases and just over 40,000 deaths, according to the latest data from the country’s Health Department. A toll that has been putting the funeral industry under immense pressure, as coffin-makers and undertakers contend with …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has confirmed three cases of COVID-19 in schools since their resumption a week ago. Dr. Kumah Aboagye, the GHS Director General, revealed this at a Ministry of Information press briefing on Ghana’s COVID-19 case updates on Monday, January 25, 2021. He said two …

The Police in Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region on Thursday arrested 52 persons for failing to wear nose mask. The offenders including 10 women, were given nose masks immediately after the arrest. In a telephone interview with the Ghana News Agency, Deputy Superintendent of …

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far had three lessons for all member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) agency itself, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said here on Monday. Addressing the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board, Tedros said that first of all “all of …