Tag Archives: CORONA

An underworld of quack doctors and conmen have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and making money selling fake coronavirus cures.   Investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas goes undercover in Ghana, exposing a Covid-19 scam said to be worth thousands of dollars. His investigative piece is expected to bring to light …

    The Women’s Ministry of the Church of Pentecost, Teshie-Nungua Area, and Accra has donated assorted items worth over GHC 7,000 to the inmates of the Female and Male sections of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison.   The Ministry also donated an amount of GHC2,500 to the female section …

Ghana’s total confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus has risen to 17,351. This was announced by the president during his 13th televised address to the nation. This means that the country has recorded 609 new cases since the last update by the Ghana Health Service. The total number of persons who have …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by three months the incentive packages for frontline health workers. Addressing the nation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, the president said, “this means that all health workers will pay no income taxes for the next three months, i.e. July, August and September. “Again, all frontline …

    The police station in Tembisa north of Kempton Park on the East Rand has been temporarily closed after a member tested positive for Covid-19. A post on the SAPS website said that decontamination would be done soon. No indication was given as to how long the station would be closed. …

  Eight more Ghanaians infected with the deadly coronavirus disease have died as the death toll hits 103. According to the latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service 361 new cases have been recorded shooting the country’s tally to 15,834. Meanwhile, 11,755 people have recovered from the highly infectious …

  There are now more than over 340,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic. According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 …

  The world is shrinking everyday as a result of innovations in the Information Technology sector. Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are currently experiencing a rise in digital behaviors such as remote working and learning, telemedicine, and delivery services. Even the aged is learning the use …

The number of coronavirus cases recorded in the country has once again shot up from 14,568 on June 23, 2020, to 15,013 after barely 24 hours. Per the new updates by the Ghana Health Service, the number of recoveries and discharges have also seen a boost as 605 infected persons …

As a way to reduce the spread of coronavirus, China, according to Mashable, is using self-driving vans called Hercules to deliver foods and disinfect streets. In a Tweet shared by Mashable on Saturday, June 20, it said that the vans have been doing the delivery and sanitisation works for the past …