Author: Krobea

Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number to 873. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control said 74 new cases were recorded in the commercial capital, Lagos, which remains the epicentre of transmission with more than 500 cases. The capital, Abuja, now has 119 cases while Kano state has 73 cases – the highest in northern Nigeria, where state governors have now banned Koranic schools to curb the spread of the virus. Nearly 200 people have been discharged so far in the country while 28 people have died of the disease. Source: BBC

The Chairman for Kantamanto Used Cloth Sellers Association in the Greater Accra Region, Evans Ofori, has called on government to urgently deploy the military to monitor and enforce the social distancing protocol at market places. His call comes in the wake of how the general public has ignored social distancing at market places after government lifted the partial lockdown. Evans Ofori made the call while speaking to Onua 95.1 FM in an interview and cautioned if care is not taken, Ghana could awfully be affected or hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. He wants government to charge metropolitan, municipal and district…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed a strong desire to bring life back to normal in Ghana. He said the current situation cannot linger on forever. “Ghana will not always be in this situation. That cannot be the case. We have to come out of this situation.” President Akufo-Addo made this desire known on Wednesday, April 22 when he met leadership of the Muslim community in Ghana at the Jubilee House. It comes two days after he lifted the lockdown imposed on Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. “As we try…

One of Ghana’s testing laboratories for coronavirus, Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR), says the country could soon hit the 100,000 mark as regards tests. “Don’t be surprised if we say we have tested 100,000 samples in Ghana,” Professor William Ampofo, the Head of Virology at NMIMR, said on Wednesday. He added that there has been a boost in staff strength across the various testing centres in the country affording them the opportunity to run a 24-hour service. Prof Ampofo made this known while addressing journalists at a media briefing in Accra organised by the Ministry of Information to…

Ghana has recorded 112 additional cases of Covid-19 since the last update by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday. The new cases take the total tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country to 1,154. This was announced on Wednesday, April 22 by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at a media briefing in Accra. He also announced that 120 patients have fully recovered from the virus. These are cases recorded from the backlog of tests done on samples. Ghana recorded its first two cases of the viral disease on Thursday, March 12 and since…

Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) has written to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the subject ‘Feedback Time To Do More’, obviously related to the fight against coronavirus. It is an open letter signed by the National Chairman of GCNH, Dr Gabriel Gbiel Benarkuu, chiefly calling for an Executive Instrument (EI) for the observation of the prevention protocols a must for all. Letter reproduced below: OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA From: Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH). To: H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana. Subject: Feedback Time…

Major ecumenical bodies in Ghana will begin a three-day national fasting and prayers on Friday, April 24 for God’s power to end the coronavirus pandemic. This is the first time in a while that these bodies are coming together for a national cause. The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), the Ghana Pentecostal and Christian Council (GPCC), the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) and the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC) are leading this cause. It is themed: ‘Oh God, heal Our Land’. Among the clergymen expected to lead prayer sessions are Most Reverend Dr Paul Boafo of CCG,…

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has announced the successful delivery of twins by a 68-year old woman. The chairman of the hospital’s Medical Advisory Council, Prof Wasiu Adeyemo, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday. It said the woman gave birth through an “elective cesarean section at 37 weeks gestation.” The mother and babies are doing well, it added. https://twitter.com/LUTHofficial/status/1251859309643862019?s=20 Source: BBC

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is meeting members of the Council of State to decide on the future of Ghana regarding the measures put in place in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The president expressed satisfaction with the measures so far and, more importantly, the level of compliance by the majority of Ghanaians but said a decision has to be taken on “where we should be going”. He expressed these sentiments on Tuesday, April 21 when he met the Council of State at the Jubilee House. Led by Chairman Nana Otuo Siriboe II, the Council of State expressed admiration…

“So the women sang as they danced, and said: “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”— 1 Samuel 18:7 [NKJV] Everyone has admirers. Our gifts are like a magnet. They attract all manner of people, especially praise singers. Many would fall in love with our personality. They will sing choruses of our feats. They may sometimes even make it look as though they have never met our kind before. When people get in the limelight for the first time, they get all sorts of attention. All the praises are showered on them. All manner of enticing adjectives…