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The Ghana Association of Medical Herbalists has submitted over thirty-three (33) drugs to the Ministry of Health (MoH) as possible medication to fight the novel coronavirus. The MoH has however delayed in the testing and approval processes of the drugs. President of the Ghana Association of Medical Herbalists, Dr. Anthony Mensah who was not happy about the delays made this ...

The Obuasi Municipal assembly has closed the Obuasi Central Market to enforce social distancing directive in the wake of COVID-19. Two other markets have also been shut down by the authorities. The municipal assembly has also directed all drinking spot operators to close down their shops effective this morning. The assembly has also directed residents in the community to compulsorily ...

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo led administration of downplaying the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. According to the NDC MPs, the government is giving the public a false sense of hope even as the country crosses the 3,000 mark in a number of cases. Addressing the media in Parliament Thursday morning, the Minority Leader Haruna ...

All fifty-five (55) staff of Asamankese Government Hospital and a CHPs compound at Pabi who came into contact with an index case have all tested negative. The West Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region recorded its first confirmed case being a 34-year-old woman at Pabi, a farming community few weeks ago. Before the confirmation, many staff had come into contact ...

Stan Dogbe, a former Presidential Staffer in the erstwhile John Mahama administration, has denied smashing the recorder of Yahaya Kwamoah, a Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) journalist in 2015. Kwamoah attempted at 37 Military Hospital to secretly record a conversation between Stan Dogbe, some government officials and the family of the late Samuel Nuamah, a journalist with the Ghanaian Times who ...

Management of the University of Education, Winneba, has revised its measures for mid-semester and end of semester examinations. The review comes after students revolted against the e-learning portal ‘Learning Management System’ after they claimed it was inefficient. The school’s management said in its effort at ensuring that no student is left out and following feedback from students, mandatory quizzes that ...

A groundbreaking has been taken place on May 6, 2020 by the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Juaboso, Hon. Martha Kwayie Manu to construct a concrete bridge at Yaagyem a suburb of Sefwi Juaboso district to save people’s lives from an old wooden bridge which has been a dead trap in the area. Hon Martha Kwayie Manu said “The contract ...

On April 13, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a statement approving the disbursement of US$1 billion credit facility to the government of Ghana to be used to address the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the economy. The disbursement of the credit facility follows a request for financial support the government made through the Ministry ...

Pollster Ben Ephson says the suspension of Allotey Jacobs by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is good for party discipline. The NDC in a statement Wednesday announced it has suspended its former Central regional chairman over what the party termed as ‘anti-party conduct’. Some members of the NDC have complained over the utterances of their fellow party member on radio ...

Ghana is to receive quantities of Madagascar’s highly publicized Covid-19 remedy and preventative herbal mixture, the Ghana Health Service has revealed. According to Director of Public Health at the Ghana Helth Service Dr Badu Sarkodie, Madagascar has made an offer to Ghana concerning the herbal solution but the FDA will have to assess the product. As to whether the remedy ...