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The coronavirus infections in Ghana have seen the highest ever confirmations in a day after 758 cases were recorded. The latest confirmations, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), are records as of Wednesday, July 1. The new cases have taken the total cumulative cases of the country from 18,580 to 19,388. The recoveries-cum-discharges are now 14,330 and the deaths are still 117. This, as a result, leaves 4,941 active cases being treated and managed by the country. Out of these cases, eight are in critical conditions and 24 are in severe conditions. Six are on ventilators. Regional breakdown Greater…

Management of popular musician Nii Addo Quaynor, popularly known as Tinny ‘Aletse’, has debunked rumours that he has tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement signed by the General Manager of Kankpe records, Nii Kweitey Quaynor, Tinny is healthy and has not in anyway tested positive for coronavirus. This follows a Facebook post by an industry friend, Nii Funny, on his timeline. Nii Funny suggested that the artiste has tested positive. Management has, however, cautioned bloggers and social media influencers to desist from spreading false news. By Owusu Kaziah Afram|Contributor|Ghana

Minister of Communications and Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has expressed sympathies for fellow MP Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah following his resignation from government. Mr Ahenkorah, who represents Tema West Constituency in Parliament, succumbed to public pressure by tendering in his resignation letter on Friday for flouting Covid-19 quarantine protocols. The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry visited some registration centres in his constituency at the start of the voter registration exercise despite having tested positive for coronavirus. He had to even go for an overnight review at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and was discharged Thursday…

Leroy Sane says Bayern Munich is a “great club with big goals” after he signed a five-year contract at the Bundesliga side. The Germany winger, 24, has joined from Manchester City for an initial fee of about £44.7m that could rise to £54.8m. Sane joined City from Schalke in 2016 for £37m and won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups. “I want to win as many trophies as possible with Bayern, and the Champions League is the top priority,” he said. Sane was a key part of the City team that won a domestic treble…

Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm, the leader of the Take Action Ghana, and the other nine persons charged with treason, have denied the charge. The others are Donyo Kafui, Bright Alan Debrah, Johannes Zikpi, Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Esther Saan, Corporal Seidu Abubakar, Corporal Sylvester Akanpewu, Lance Airforce Corporal (LAC) Ali Solomon, Colonel Kojo Gameli and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo. Mac Palm, Kafui, Debrah, Zikpi, WO2 Saan, Corporal Abubakar, LAC Solomon and Corporal Sylvester. The accused persons are reported to be members of the Non Governmental Organisation, incorporated by Mac-Palm in 2018. They allegedly planned to…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned persons importing rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits to the country to go through the necessary procedure, specifically being validated within the appropriate setting and target population, before use. According to the FDA, the concerns and calls from a section of the public for the use of RDT kits for coronavirus tests must be with caution. Ghana’s testing laboratories are said to be overwhelmed with calls made for the importation of more RDT kits to meet the demand. The Authority said each test kit must be independently evaluated for quality assurance and performance…

Ghana and Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew has lauded the efforts of former Ghana striker Tony Yeboah in the English Premier League. Ayew shot up on the goal charts this season after some impressive performances for Palace in the League. The goal numbers this season has made him now the highest scoring Ghanaian in the Premier League only surpassing Yeboah by one goal. Anthony Yeboah himself was an outright Ghana star in the 90’s – scoring all types of goals. His tally reads 24 goals in 47 matches with Ayew hitting 25 goals in 129 matches for Swansea, Aston Villa…

He is the only person who can look John Dramani Mahama in the face and rebuke him if he goes wrong. Any other person will be a ‘Yes man’, simply because he/she wants to succeed him after 4 years. He is a lawyer. Mahama in his last term will require someone who will read in between the lines of any deal he signs. Mr Mahama himself knows how he left issues to some people and they let him down. He needs a solid Vice President to check mate all the praise singers. He was the Speaker of Parliament. A very…

The Auditor-General has written to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider his decision asking him to proceed on accumulated leave. Daniel Yaw Domelevo believes that the president’s decision was taken due to the embarrassment his government was suffering because of his work, as evidenced in a correspondence from the Chairman of the Audit Service Board together with public pronouncements by ministers. In his letter addressed to the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, Mr Domelevo rejected the fact that he had accumulated annual leave of 123 working days, as captured in the Presidency’s statement. “My knowledge of recent…

A mobile money vendor, Jakpa Brakinso Fuseini, believed to be in his 30s has been stabbed multiple times by an unknown masked man at Fufulso in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. He was stabbed while struggling to retrieve his money bag from the unknown man. The incident happened around 9:00pm Wednesday at the Fufulso Lorry Station. According to the victim, who is currently receiving treatment at the Yapei Health Center, he was at his sales point when the young man in mask approached him and ordered him to hand over his money bag to him. “By the…