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Ghana recorded 131 new cases of coronavirus on Friday bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 6,617. According to the Ghana Health Service, out of the 131 new cases, 81 infections were from the Greater Accra Region. Ashanti Region recorded 22 new cases, 10 new cases in the Central region, 13 new cases in the Western Region, 4 new cases in Western North, 1 in the Volta Region. Also 27 more persons have recovered, bringing the recovery tally to 1, 978. Meanwhile, Greater Accra remains the region with the highest case count of 4699. Find the regional Breakdown below…

The Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP Edward Oduro-Kwarteng, has asked Ghanaians to take precautionary measures against the deadly coronavirus and not allow themselves to be misled about the existence of the disease. Some Ghanaians have in the last weeks questioned the existence of the disease which has infected more than 6000 people in the country and killed 31 persons. For the nonbelievers, the virus is not real, and they have thus refused to practice preventive protocols announced by health officials to stop the spread of the virus which currently has no cure. Addressing a gathering of police personnel and journalists…

Unilever Ghana has embarked on a donation programme to offer its assorted products to various institutions in the country to help them in their fight against the deadly global pandemic, coronavirus, which is causing devastation in many countries across the world. Health facilities, government institutions, orphanages, non-governmental organisations, Churches, media houses and traditional councils have all benefited from the donation by the leading home and personal care manufacturer. The Ledzokuku Constituency, Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Tema Traditional Council, Osu Children’s Home, National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO)- Adenta District, Methodist Church- Achimota, The Ark Foundation and Mirio-Gh Foundation have so far benefited…

The main road that leads to the Effia-Nkwanta Government Hospital morgue in the Western Region has been closed to both vehicular and human traffic as a result of erosion. Portions of the road has been eroded and several efforts to get state authorities to fix the road have proven futile. The Hospital authorities had no option than to block the road to avert any accident. People have to inconveniently use alternate routes to get to the facility. Onua TV’s Western Regional Correspondent, Monica Dede Odonkor, visited the scene and observed that erosion has gradually destroyed the road. The Assembly Member…

We are currently in unusual times and it appears the world wouldn’t be the same after the dust from the novel coronavirus pandemic settles. Our lives, ways of doing things and most likely our paradigm as a people is likely to be hugely affected. Yaw Owusu is a serial Entrepreneur and Business Analyst and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Key 360 Group, a company providing financial inclusion strategy for financial organizations and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. GK Properties is a subsidiary of Golden Key 360 Group which focuses on…

Ghana Federation for Traditional Herbal Medicine Practitioners Association (GHAFTRAM) says it welcomes decision by government to examine Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal in managing ailments of COVID 19 patients. The federation says the move would encourage Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to fast track processes in approving proposed local herbal medicines for COVID-19. Additionally, they believe it would re-kindle the trust for local herbal medicines instead of acclaimed orthodox medicines. General Secretary for GHAFTRAM Nana Kwadwo Obiri speaking to Nana Yaw Opare on “Yensempa” morning show on Onua FM maintained it is an opportunity for some 25 local medicines submitted to the…

A Pakistan International Airlines plane has crashed in Karachi on a flight from Lahore, aviation officials say. The plane, which was reportedly carrying around 99 passengers and eight crew, was flying from Lahore to Jinnah International Airport, one of Pakistan’s busiest airports. Pictures shared on social media show smoke rising from the crash site, a residential area in Karachi. Emergency services have arrived at the scene, where homes have been damaged. “The plane crashed in Karachi. We are trying to confirm the number of passengers but initially it is 99 passengers and eight crew members,” said Abdul Sattar Khokhar, the…

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Constituency in the Upper East Region has warned that Ghana’s Parliament is heading for danger if members continue to toe party lines. Mahama Ayariga said the House is supposed to debate and reason on issues and not to take entrench positions because of political affiliation. The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) members filed a motion to reject the Constitutional Instrument (CI) filed by the Electoral Commission (EC) to embark on voters’ registration exercise ahead of the 2020 December elections. The Bawku Central MP filed the motion on behalf of the Minority to protest…

Richard Kofi Jordan, General Secretary of Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana, has said due to congestion in the various mortuaries across the country, dead bodies are made to stand in order to create space for more bodies. He described the conditions of the mortuaries in Ghana as terrible, a situation that must be addressed immediately by authority. Apart from the congestion, he told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise show on 3FM Friday May 22 that, mortuary workers also lack enough personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect themselves from contagious diseases especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. He said…

UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients. It has been found those with the most severe form of the disease have extremely low numbers of an immune cell called a T-cell. T-cells clear infection from the body. The clinical trial will evaluate if a drug called interleukin 7, known to boost T-cell numbers, can aid patients’ recovery. It involves scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. They have looked at immune cells in the blood…