Author: Krobea

The Northern Region capital, Tamale, on Monday, May 11 recorded one death due to coronavirus. The case was first reported at the Tamale Central Hospital, the Northern Regional Director of Health Services revealed. At a press briefing in Tamale, Dr Eleeza John Bertson said the Region’s case count rose from 16 to nineteen 19 over the weekend, with an 80-year-old street vendor also infected. “She reported at the Tamale Central Hospital and was initially being managed as a pneumonia case but she was later tested for Covid-19 and she tested positive.” The deceased, who has already been buried by the…

The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) is worried the country’s expanded programme on immunization (EPI), especially between January and June each year, could be under threat in the midst of Covid-19. It is estimated that at least one million children benefit from 13 vaccine preventable childhood diseases under EPI. This has played a significant role in Ghana’s primary healthcare delivery. But this, GCNH notes, is under threat as there is no sustainable programme put in place, particularly as regards finance, following the exit of GAVI under the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “It is adequately on point in…

Russia now has the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide after the United States. On Tuesday, it reported another 10,899 infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to more than 232,000. The capital, Moscow, is the worst-affected area and has reported more than 5,000 new cases in 24 hours. Source: BBC

Artiste Manager Bulldog is putting his money on female rapper Eno to defeat any male rapper who dares to face her in a battle. According to him, none of the current crop of rappers has the fortitude to face the rap prowess of Eno. For some days now, Sista Afia has ignited a lot of controversy after the release of her song ‘WMT’ on April 22. While Sista Afia did not mention names, some people have concluded that she took jabs at Sister Derby, Wendy Shay, and Efia Odo in the song. The song saw counter jabs and reactions from…

Ghana international Kasim Nuhu says he would be happy to see his close friend and room mate on international duty Thomas Partey play in “the best league in the world”. Partey has been linked with move to Arsenal from Atletico Madrid while other reports have suggested Diego Simeone could use him as a hook to land Alex Oxlade Chamberlain from Liverpool. Nuhu reckons whichever way the unfolding transfer drama ends, Partey will be the ultimate winner. “Atletico Madrid is a very good club so he is playing one of the biggest clubs in the world and Arsenal is also one…

A Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwaku Boahen, says the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic does not warrant building of new hospitals. He said the situation at hand only needs stringent measures to halt further spread of the virus and not beginning to build new hospitals. Kwaku Boahen expressed these while contributing to a discussion on Onua TV’s Maakye on Tuesday, May 12. He explained that the health chapter of 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) indicated that all district hospitals will be renovated but this has not been done since the party regained…

Government has given the clearest indication yet that it will make sure that “safe, free and fair elections” are held in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Information noted that if countries like South Korea and Mali had held elections in this period, Ghana should also invest “our best energies, our innovations [and] our creativity” in ensuring that elections are held. Addressing journalists in Accra at the Ministry of Information’s bi-weekly briefing on Covid-19 on Tuesday, May 12, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah reiterated that government is not considering extending its mandate with the pandemic as an excuse. This…

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in collaboration with all the transport unions in the Ashanti Region have begun distribution of specialized vehicle stickers to various commercial vehicles to avert congestion in the Region. The move is to ensure that commercial vehicles operate within a confined jurisdiction in order to curb further spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). Onua TV’s Nana Konadu Yiadom reported from some lorry stations in Kumasi on Tuesday that the drivers, led by their executives, were adhering to the social distancing directives that were much talked about by President Nana Akufo-Addo in his last address. The Ashanti Regional Vice…

A total of 427 new infections of coronavirus has shot Ghana’s case count up to 5,127. This comes exactly two months after the country recorded its first two index cases of the deadly viral disease. Both were imported cases. Speaking to journalists at the Ministry of Information’s media briefing, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Tuesday, May 12 that cases in Ashanti Region – via community spread – have risen quite sharply. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the Region’s figures rose from 355 – from the last count on Sunday, May 10 – to 622 infections.…

Moses passed on his baton to Joshua just as Elijah passed his on to Elisha. Mentorship passes on a baton from one generation to another. When people are mentored, their journey to the top is made easier because they are likely to skip all the errors of their mentors. They are likely not to repeat the mistakes of those who held their hands because such mentors forewarn them about where some choices may likely end them. It is absolutely great to have the privilege of being mentored by someone you hold in high esteem. However, there are ‘dos and don’ts’…