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The Chairman of the National Risk Communication and Social Mobilisation Committee of COVID-19, Dr Aboagye da Costa says stigma has become one of the major challenges in the fight against the virus in the country. It comes after staff of the Fanteakwa government hospital in the Eastern region are reportedly being shunned by their communities after a patient tested positive ...

Many health professionals have expressed their disappointment at President Akufo-Addo’s lifting of the 3-week partial lockdown in Greater Accra, Kumasi and Kasoa on Sunday, April 19. A former Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa is one of them. According to the health expert, he, together with his colleagues in the health sector were looking forward to seeing ...

Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has donated a whopping US$ 20,000 (GHC120,000.00) to the University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), one of the leading laboratories at the forefront of testing samples for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Sophia Lissah, JGC, who ...

The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey – then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does ...

Sandwich students from all campuses of Valley View University say they are stranded and helpless over the online learning platform. The students according to them earlier kicked against the virtual learning considering the network challenges in most parts of Ghana but the University turned death ears to their concerns and went ahead to force them to pay fees not less ...

A member of the NDC Covid-19 team Dr Vida Yarkong is of the view that the call by President Akufo-Addo for Ghanaians to be self-disciplined as he lifts the lockdown of Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi remains a struggle. In her opinion, self-discipline has been a problem in controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the crisis. The President ...

Ten suspended electoral area coordinators of the ruling NPP, in the Akyem Oda Constituency of the Eastern Region are demanding a reverse of their suspension, describing it as arbitrary attempt to disqualify them from partaking in the upcoming Parliamentary election. The aggrieved coordinators are – Frank Nkansah (Nsenaa Electoral Area), Roland Bruce Appiah(Community 2 electoral area) George Appiah Sakyi (Community ...

Authorities of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have ordered the closure of the Kumasi Central market hours after President Akufo-Addo ordered the opening of the lockdown areas. According to Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice, the closure was necessitated by the refusal of the traders to observe social distancing protocols. ” There are many people at the market, they are not wearing ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has hinted that public sector workers who were affected by the partial lockdown imposed on Accra, Tema and Kumasi will, at the end of the month, be paid their due salaries in full. He said, “Public sector salaries it is my understanding that it would be paid in full.” The Minister made this known while ...

President of the Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies, Dr Ishmael Norman has described as senseless the decision by President Akufo-Addo to leave out universities and churches in the lifting of the lockdown. According to him, tertiary schools and religious organisation could also practice social distancing just as markets and shops which are now allowed to operate. Speaking to ...