Author: Krobea

The Ashanti Region Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has announced additional measures in ensuring that community spread of coronavirus is curbed in his region. A statement he issued on Wednesday, April 8 said within the past three weeks, for instance, more foreigners have thronged the Region, raising concerns. The Region, whose capital and adjoining communities are under lockdown, is therefore taking measures to ensure that the Imposition of Restrictions Law, 2020 (Act 1012) announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, March 27 is strictly observed. “All special market days of the various markets in all communities within the Ashanti Region…

Central Region has become the seventh region in the country to record a case of coronavirus. The case, involving a 57-year-old man who returned from the UK on Tuesday, March 17, was confirmed by the Central Region Minister, Kwamena Duncan. So far, 13 contacts of the patient have been traced. The Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Akosua Owusu Sarpong, said the specimen of the man was sent to Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR)  after he showed symptoms of the virus. The Region becomes the first after Greater Accra, Ashanti, Upper West, Northern, Eastern and…

The Christ Apostolic Church International, Bantama Central, has donated alcohol sanitizers, assorted food items worth GH¢40,000 and an undisclosed amount of money to the needy and the vulnerable in the church. Items donated included 300 pieces of 500ml of sanitizers, 60 bags of rice, 22 bags of maize, 15 boxes of mackerel and 20 boxes of Sunflower oil. This donation was necessitated by the partial lockdown in the Greater Kumasi Area, which has affected most church members who are petty traders, apprentices, widows/widowers, and many more. This gesture which was spearheaded by the Local Management of the Church headed by…

Twenty-six more cases of the deadly coronavirus have been confirmed by Ghana. The latest cases came from the enhanced contact tracing and testing being carried out across the nation by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). One more person has died from the disease, unfortunately, bringing the total number of deaths to six. Government began an expanded approach of tracing all the contacts of all patients admitted in the first few weeks of the outbreak. Persons who had travelled into the country from Tuesday, March 3 were also traced to be tested while those who came through the country’s borders from…

Two hundred and eighty Saudi doctors have joined their French colleagues at the front-lines to battle against the novel coronavirus in France. This was made known by the Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in France and Switzerland, Dr. Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Thunayan. Dr. Fahd Al-Thunayan says the 280 Saudi doctors are under a scholarship program supported by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. He indicated that the initiative would be crucial in developing the doctors’ professional lives. The services the doctors will render, Dr. Fahd…

Seventy-three new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), taking Ghana’s total case count to 287 as of midnight of Monday, April 6. The majority of the cases came from the enhanced contact tracing and its concomitant testing by the Service. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had stated in his nationwide broadcast on Sunday that Ghana would enter a critical phase of the fight this week as a result of the determination of the outcome of 15,384 tests. According to the Ghana Health Service, most of the recent figures were from the enhanced contact tracing…

Ecowas has offered to support the 15 member states in the fight against Covid-19. The sub-regional body has made available a financial package, pooled from its own resources, for the purchase of medical supplies and equipment to aid in the fight against the pandemic. The sub-region has so far confirmed a little over 1,700 cases with 55 deaths and 328 fully recovered. “It should be noted that approximately 95 per cent of deaths are patients with comorbid conditions,” Ecowas said in a communique on Monday, April 6. It said it has tasked its specialized health institution responsible for coordinating the…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said. Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise “where necessary”, a spokesman added. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London with “persistent symptoms” on Sunday. The spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and is receiving “excellent care”. A statement read: “Since Sunday evening, the prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has relieved Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon Constituency Vincent Sowah Odotei of his post as a Deputy Minister of Communications. In his place has been appointed Alexander Kodwo Kom Abban, who until this latest reshuffle serves as a Deputy Minister of Health. Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency Dr Bernard Oko-Boye has been appointed as a Deputy Minister of Health. These were communicated in a release signed by the Director of Communications at the Jubilee House, Eugene Arhin, on Monday, April 6 The release was silent on the reasons for this reshuffle but it…

A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with Covid-19 in the US. The Bronx Zoo, in New York City, says the test result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa. Nadia, along with six other big cats, is thought to have been infected by an asymptomatic zoo keeper. The cats started showing symptoms, including a dry cough, late last month after exposure to the employee, who has not been identified. “This is the…