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The Kwahu Traditional Council has called off the annual Kwahu Easter festivities and all activities associated with it due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The move is also in response to the government’s four-week ban on all social gatherings including festivals, church and mosque services, funerals and sporting activities. For several years, Kwahu has become a major destination for ...

The Judiciary Service has ordered the suspension of cases involving the movement of convicted and remand prisoners from the prisons to the courts. The service said in criminal appeals, the Courts should dispense with the appearance of the appellants who are in prison custody. This comes on the back of a directive by President Akufo-Addo for measures to be put ...

International Evangelist and the Founder and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Dr Lawrence Tetteh, has decried the president’s ban on gatherings especially churches and mosques as a safety precaution against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Lawrence Tetteh stressed that in the face of the imminent threat, government needs religious leaders now more than ever since they are ...

Drugs used to treat HIV and malaria could be used to tackle the coronavirus, according to scientists in Australia. A team of infectious disease experts at the University of Queensland in Brisbane say they have seen two existing medications manage to wipe out COVID-19 infections. Chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, and HIV-suppressing combination lopinavir/ritonavir have both reportedly shown promising results in ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it will continue to assess the possible impact of the CODVID-19 pandemic on the domestic economy and is, thus, taking the necessary steps to mitigate its impact, to ensure financial and economic stability. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled to meet from Wednesday, 18 March 2020 to Friday, 20 March 2020. The Central ...

Former President John Mahama says he has asked his former appointees who were involved in his government’s efforts towards preventing Ebola to help the health ministry as the country battles coronavirus. “I have instructed my communications team and my public health advisors to support any efforts by the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health in this particular regard. ...

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Clemence Honyenugah has dismissed a preliminary objection barring him from hearing an application against himself for a political comment he made in public. After hearing the lawyers and the State Attorneys on the preliminary issues, the judge ruled that the preliminary matter is needless. According to the judge, ...

The government will deal drastically with journalists and persons who will publish fake news with the intention of creating fear and panic. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in an interview on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ program said anyone who will be caught in such an act will not be spared. This follows six confirmed cases of COVID-19 that have been recorded ...

The Chairman of the Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) Kwame Kumah has advised all passengers using public and commercial transports in the country to stop debating as part of measures in controlling the spread of Coronavirus. According to him, some Ghanaians have the habit of engaging in unnecessary debates and arguments about politics and football on commercial transport ...

Former Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba has urged President Akufo Addo to issue an executive directive to cause the arrest of anybody who sells hand sanitizers above the normal price in the wake of the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Following the confirmation of cases of the disease in Ghana, there’s been a run on hand sanitizers. ...