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Former General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) David Ofori Acheampong has asked the government to do widen consultations before reopening schools in the wake of the Covid-19 measures. He told Alfred Ocansey on Sunrise on 3FM Tuesday that the safety of school children and Ghanaians in general must be the topmost priority for government in taking the decision to reopen schools. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that stakeholder consultations are taking place on the way forward toward the easing of Covid-19 restrictions so that the social and economic lives of Ghanaians “can go back…

All persons who contracted coronavirus in the Upper East Region have fully recovered. The Region as of Monday, May 25 had recorded 26 cases of the viral disease. Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s bi-weekly update on Tuesday, May 26, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said the region has seen “some level of clean sheet” as almost all the patients have recovered. “Their treatment centre is temporarily closed until they have a new case,” Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said. The Region recorded its first case on Friday, April 3. That index case infected three other persons including some…

Ghana’s total cumulative case count of coronavirus is now 6,964, according to the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Twenty-seven patients more have, however, recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,097 while 32 persons have so far lost their lives despite a majority of them with comorbidities. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye made this known on Tuesday, May 26 at the Ministry of Information bi-weekly update. He said the new infections were recorded in a total of five regions with the Western Region turning out to be the latest hotspot region of the country. Ashanti…

The opposition People’s National Convention (PNC) has been hit with allegations of visa fraud, which has occasioned the National Chairman, Bernard Mornah, writing to the IGP for a probe. It all started in September, 2019 when a letter supposedly written by the Acting General Secretary, Jacob Kwame Amoako, requested a facilitation of visa processing for some six officials of the party to the United Kingdom. But the Consular Office of the British High Commission had written to the party’s chairman for confirmation of the request. Mr Mornah replied that no decision had been taken by leadership on the supposed trip…

Testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus has been halted because of safety fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Trials in several countries are being “temporarily” suspended as a precaution, the agency said on Monday. It comes after a recent medical study suggested the drug could increase the risk of patients dying from Covid-19. President Donald Trump has said he has taken the drug to ward off the virus. The US president has repeatedly promoted the anti-malarial drug, against medical advice and despite warnings from public health officials that it could cause heart problems.…

Russia has recorded its highest daily death toll of 174 in the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide total to 3,807. Officials reported 8,915 new infections on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 362,342 across 85 regions. Moscow (2,830), Moscow Region (817) and St Petersburg (363) are the top three regions in terms of new cases. A total of 131,129 patients have fully recovered across the country. Source: BBC

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has been written to by the party’s National Treasurer over his “deliberate failure” to respond to letters inquiring about the transfer of some GH¢100,000 into his personal account. Akane Adams, who also doubles as Chairman of PNC’s Finance Committee, on July 17, 2019 and January 24, 2020 wrote to Mr Mornah separately for him to assist in investigations regarding the transfer of the said funds to his GCB Bank account in Kisseman, Accra. The funds transfer is said to have been at the instance of PNC’s Second Vice Chairman,…

Following TV3’S report on the plight of Asabea Atupiri-Darko, a single mother with a 17-year-old son living with cerebral palsy, Klicks Africa Foundation, a non-governmental organization, has come to their aid. The Foundation has paid an amount of GH¢7,200 for a two-year rent advance for both them. TV3 on Sunday, May 17 aired the plight of the two after our reporter Esi Benewaa Otoo visited them on May 15, 2020 at their residence at Ashongman, a suburb of Accra. One of their biggest worries was where to go because they were served with eviction notice and didn’t have any hope.…

The authorities in Burundi say the ruling party’s candidate has been elected as the new president. The electoral commission said Evariste Ndayishimiye won almost 70% of the vote in last week’s poll. The retired general will take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, who has led Burundi since 2005. The former leader is widely expected to maintain a lot of influence. The main opposition party has expressed doubt about the official results, which suggest its candidate, Agathon Rwasa, only gained a quarter of the votes – mostly in its traditional stronghold in the west. Source: BBC

Spokesperson for the National Chief Imam Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has urged Muslims to refrain from using same plastic kettles, popularly known as ‘booter’, to help curtail spread of the novel coronavirus disease. Sheikh Aremeyaw wants the Muslim communities to practise what he calls ‘One Muslim One Booter’ at various mosques in protecting themselves and family members from the deadly virus. Before prayers Muslims perform ablutions, or ritual washing Wudu, which is to physically clean themselves and by doing so use the water-containing plastic kettles, normally kept at the mosques for the ritual. Speaking to Onua FM on how Muslims are…