Author: Krobea

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…

The Council of State has heaped praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his handling of the Covid-19 crisis. According to the Chairman, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, even the regular updates by way of nationwide broadcasts “really brought encouragement to the country”. These came to light when the president met the Council at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, April 21. It comes a day after the lockdown on some major cities in Ghana was withdrawn. President Akufo-Addo had explained that he decided to lift the lockdown on Accra, Kumasi, Kasoa and Tema following the “constancy” of data churned out…

Western Region Veterinary Officer Dr. Simon Gbene has revealed that the Veterinary Services Department in Sekondi-Takoradi is a Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL–3) facility capable of handling work involving microbes which can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via the inhalation route. According to him, the facility is as efficient as that of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR). “In fact, our facility will be able to test about a thousand samples each day,” he stressed. Dr. Gbene explained that the facility “is one of the topmost in the whole of West Africa. In fact, it is Bio-Safety Level 3,…