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Medical drone delivery giants Zipline have donated several items to communities and health centers within their catchment areas to help the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The items included Veronica buckets, detergents and hand sanitizers. Presenting the items to the Omenako Manhene, Community Lead for Zipline Omenako Sadat Anum said the gesture formed part of the company’s continuous support in the fight against the pandemic. Mr. Anum said the company is working closely with the appropriate authorities to support the response efforts for Covid-19. “Zipline is already helping to reduce hospital overcrowding in Ghana as patients seek more basic…

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed that the motive behind the lockdown announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is to upscale testing for coronavirus in Ghana. He said government is undertaking “enhanced testing” across the country to stem the spread of the virus. So far, the country has recorded a total of 152 cases of the viral disease. Seventy-nine were confirmed from mandatory quarantine in Accra with 63 confirmed from routine surveillance. A two-week lockdown was announced by President Akufo-Addo on Friday to make sure the virus does not spread any further. Speaking on TV3’s New…

All officials and executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) working at the national secretariat will be working from home, 3news.com has gathered. They will be available for engagements with party officers and members through “phone calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages”. This is throughout the two-week period of the lockdown of Accra, Kumasi, Tem and Kasoa. Sources within the party, 3news.com gathers, have also indicated that all in-studio appearances of the party in radio and television stations in cities under the lockdown have been suspended. Communication officers are to engage the media via phone calls, Skype calls as well as…

All passengers onboard vehicles that passed through the Inchaban Police Barrier in the Shama District into the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region on Sunday were made to undergo mandatory screening. The screening exercise under the behest of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) is to ensure that no person enters into the metropolis with any coronavirus case. As parts of Ashanti and Greater Accra regions prepare for a partial lockdown, there are fears that people will move into other regions for respite. In a bid to ensure that Sekondi-Takoradi will not become a victim of any imported case due to…

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday presented 100 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) to health workers at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital in Accra.  The presentation, according to Mr. Mahama, follows reports of shortage of PPE and other materials required by the frontline medical personnel at the hospital in their fight against the coronavirus. The Ridge Hospital has become, virtually, the main facility that is helping with the management of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Mahama who is also the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), expressed the hope that the items presented will help in protecting…

President Donald Trump says the US will not foot the bill for Prince Harry and Meghan’s security amid reports that the pair have moved to the US from Canada. Mr Trump tweeted he was “a great friend and admirer of the Queen and the United Kingdom”, but added: “They must pay!” The couple said they had no plans to ask for publicly funded security in the US. They have reportedly relocated to Meghan’s home state of California amid the intensifying coronavirus outbreak. They will formally step down as senior royals on 31 March and will no longer carry out duties…

The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has announced a lockdown in the cities of Lagos and Abuja in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19. The restrictions, which will start from 23:00 local time (22:00 GMT) on Monday, will also apply to Ogun state, which borders Lagos. The lockdown will take effect for an initial period of 14 days. Mr Buhari said everybody would have to stay at home, all businesses and offices would have to close, and only food shops, hospitals and other essential service providers would remain open. Travel to or from other states will be banned.…

A staff of Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) has hinted to host of Onua 95.1 FM’s Anigye Mmre Christian Agyei Frimpong that former MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffour aka Obour stormed the hospital’s morgue last night with some men to retrieve the body of his father hours after he died of Covid-19. According to the young man, who pleaded anonymity, the musician “came to the hospital morgue with some young men but the staff on duty at the morgue prevented him from having access to the remains of his father”. “It nearly turned into a brawl,” he said in…

The Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Frema Akosua Osei Opare, has commended United Bank for Africa for donating a total amount of $350,000 (GHS1,925,000) to the government to support the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Mrs. Osei Opare was speaking at a short presentation ceremony at the Jubilee House when senior executives of the Bank called on the Office of the President to make the donation. She noted that “the coronavirus pandemic presents a worrying phenomenon which has necessitated the President making some tough decisions but which has been received well by all including church…

A Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service in the Western Region, Dr. Emmanuel Atsu Dodor, has disclosed that there is a discussion to expand the laboratory services at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital to enable its reference laboratory carry tests on infectious diseases including Covid-19 in the future. “What I know or what have been discussed is that we have a reference lab and it may be upgraded but that is a policy level decision. But we have discussed that possibility, so hopefully the reference lab at Effia Nkwanta will be upgraded to do those [COVID 19] tests in…