Author: Krobea

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…

The Ghana Police Service is already anticipating a lockdown of some major cities in Ghana due to the increasing spate of the coronavirus pandemic. The Service has put in place a deployment strategy for a lockdown if it is announced by government. A letter issued by the Director General in charge of Operations, DCOP Kwaku Boadu-Pepra, and sent to all regional commanders gave details about the deployment. It said the lockdown will be partial to full in some parts of the country, particularly Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Obuasi. The enforcement of the lockdown strategy will be undertaken in a joint…

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has directed all regional and district directors of the Service to recall staff who are on study leave back to post. This takes immediate effect, a memo sighted by 3news.com ordered. Dated March 26, 2020, the memo titled ‘Immediate Recall of All Staff on Study Leave’ noted that work load at the various health facilities has increased due to the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ghana. What is worse, all training institutions have been closed down due to an earlier directive of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.…

At a time that the spirits of many across the world are dampened following the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed thousands of lives, Tyler Perry has started a challenge that has got people singing. The renowned American director and producer, in a bid to bring the world together and encourage them to look forward to a brighter day, started #HesGotTheWholeWorld challenge. The challenge simply requires people to sing a line from the popular song ‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’. “It’s my hope that we add to this simple song in every language from every nation as we…

The Western Region Coordinating Council is engaging the services of officials from the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in border districts to mount surveillance at routes into the Region. According to the regional minister, Kwabena Otchere Darko-Mensah, the strategy is, among many others, designed to complement the efforts of the Ghana Immigration Service as security is heightened at both approved and unapproved routes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Western Region like other border regions has several unapproved routes making it susceptible in the wake of the pandemic. In a recent press briefing, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCGI)…