There is an uneasy calm at the Maamobi Polyclinic in the Greater Accra region as nurses got into contact with a suspected Covid-19 patient, who brought her daughter for treatment. Dailymailgh.com gathers that a woman who through contact tracing was suspected to be COVID-19 infected refused to self-quarantine as she was advised to do until her result was ready. She ...
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COVID-19: Gov’t absorbs water bills for next three months
President Akufo-Addo has announced that water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months – April, May, June – will be absorbed by the government, as the fight against coronavirus intensifies. Addressing the Nation on Sunday, the President said: “The Ghana Water Company Ltd and the Electricity Company of Ghana have been directed to ensure the stable supply of ...
Read More »GARFA Postponed Congress Indefinitely
The Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA ) has postponed their Congress. With reference to our earlier notice to all affiliated clubs of the Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA) about the 2019/20 Congress which was slated to be held on Tuesday 7th April 2020. The Executive Council of the GARFA regret to inform you through this circular that the ...
Read More »I’m still benefiting from that goal – Adjah Tetteh on Confed Cup goal against Kotoko
Sixteen years after scoring ‘that Mallam goal’, former Hearts midfielder Adjah Tetteh says he is reaping the benefits of that goal. The game looked like a done deal for Kotoko who were up by a goal until Adjah Tetteh scored a late goal from the edge of penalty box to draw parity. With an aggregate of 2-2 the game had ...
Read More »Third Ghanaian health worker tests coronavirus positive
Ghana has recorded another case of a health worker; a nurse, testing positive of the deadly COVID-19. The nurse who works at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, disclosed on Accra-based Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen current affairs shows, yesterday. The Herald’s independent finding is ...
Read More »Hundreds of Dutch, EU citizens repatriated from Ghana
Some citizens from the Netherlands and some EU countries have been safely repatriated to their various home countries amidst the scourge of the coronavirus, a tweet from the Dutch embassy in Ghana has confirmed. The flight which took off from the Kotoka International Airport, Friday afternoon was arranged by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs with support from Ghanaian authorities. ...
Read More »Covid-19: Kempinski Hotel denies mass retrenchment reports
Kempinski Hotel in Accra has denied media reports it is embarking on mass staff retrenchment following the coronavirus pandemic. Media reports have claimed the luxurious hotel is shutting down four of its accommodation floors over low patronage as Ghana battles to get a hold of the virus locally. A statement issued by management of the hotel Saturday said: “Kempinski Hotel ...
Read More »Covid-19: Share food to poor families – Mahama urges gov’t
Former President John Mahama has appealed to government to distribute food to deprived households in the lockdown communities in Ghana in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, there is the need for trickle-down effect of the economic measures being broached by government in supporting citizens in the affected communities. “We need a proper trickling down economics to ...
Read More »Christian Atsu rubbishes retirement reports
On Friday, reports emerged that the former Chelsea and FC Porto winger has communicated to the head coach of the team, CK Akonnor that he is no more interested in playing for the country. According to the reports, Atsu was not impressed with the support of the country offered to him when he got injured during the 2019 Africa Cup ...
Read More »Meet Dr Marylyn Addo, the German-born Ghanaian developing a coronavirus vaccine
Born to a Ghanaian father and a German mother in the German city of Troisdorf, Dr. Marylyn Addo has carved a niche for herself as one of just a few women at the forefront of finding a much sought-after vaccine for the deadly global pandemic, the Coronavirus. Having being inspired by her father, who is a physician, Dr Addo first came ...
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