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Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the country’s economy is resilient enough to fund the new massive healthcare infrastructure across the country. He said the Akufo-Addo-led Government, over the past three years, had prudently managed the economy, hence it was capable to mobilise resources to fund the 88 District Hospitals and other COVID-19 Response Programmes.He, however, acknowledged the concerns expressed by some critics of the Government that it would not be able to raise the needed funds to complete the projects, saying it was based on their knowledge that the economy was not on a sound footing before the current…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has blasted MPs for allocating themselves a total of 10bn Ugandan shillings ($2.6m; £2m) to enable them to raise awareness about coronavirus. The president said it was “morally reprehensible” to allocate funding to themselves instead of district committees created for that purpose. “When I met with the speaker, I told her they should get out of that trap and the best way to do it is by not spending this money on themselves. I agreed with the speaker to donate that money to the district task forces,” he said. President Museveni said he would ask the…

Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing, has asked landlords and ladies not to use the circumstances around COVID-19 as an excuse to evict their tenants. The Minister reminded all Ghanaians of the President’s show of utmost care and generosity to citizens in these trying moments, urging landlords to extend similar generosity to their tenants.Speaking at the Ministry of Information Press briefing update on COVID-19 on Tuesday, Mr Atta Akyea reminded all landlords and ladies of the rent laws and observe as such.He said President Akufo-Addo also wanted all Ghanaians, including landlords to be law-abiding especially when the…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has asked the Ghana Football Association to inform CAF of their final decision concerning the suspended 2019-20 Ghana Premier League (GPL) season. The continental football governing body in a letter to member Association wants to know from all member associations whether they are willing to continue the season or scrap it and has there set May 5, 2020, as a deadline for all countries.This follows the CoronaVirus pandemic, which has led to the suspension of all football activities in the world including Ghana.The GFA suspended the GPL indefinitely following the pandemic and the subsequent…

Argentine football legend Maradona says he hopes the “Hand of God” can beat the coronavirus pandemic after fate helped the club he coaches avoid relegation. Maradona’s La Plata-based Gimnasia side were saved from dropping out of the Argentine top-flight after the league was restructured because of the pandemic. The 59-year-old famously used his hand to score against England in the 1986 World Cup, labelling the act as the Hand of God. “This happened to us [Gimnasia] and many people are calling it a new Hand of God,” he said. “I am asking for that hand to do away with the…

Government has designated the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) as coronavirus treatment centre for diplomats in Ghana. Consequently, all suspected cases of the deadly virus involving staff and personnel of diplomatic missions, honorary consulates and international organisations in Ghana are to be reported directly to the Director of the UGMC. “…The Government of Ghana has designated the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) as the COVID-19 treatment facility for the diplomatic community in Ghana” an April 28 memo from the Foreign Affairs Ministry stated. The newly constructed ultra-modern facility which was recently operationalized, has been one of the treatment…

As grim news of the coronavirus batters Americans every day, a sobering figure came to light on Tuesday: The U.S. has more than 1 million cases of COVID-19. The horrific milestone was confirmed by data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The sum reached 1,004,908 Tuesday afternoon. That figure represents about 33% of the total number of cases around the world. The total tally in the U.S., including more than 57,000 deaths, is believed by many experts to be an underestimation because of testing shortages and the unknown number of asymptomatic people. Antibody testing is being conducted in many of the…

Ghana’s main airport, the Kotoka International Airport, and three others in Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale have been fumigated and disinfected against the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country. The tarmacs, parking lots, arrival halls, passenger terminals, VVIP terminal at KIA, offices, lounges and shops within the airports were all fumigated and disinfected Tuesday by Ghana’s waste management giant Zoomlion. At KIA, the entire environ including a project site and its clinic was disinfected. Zoomlion Ghana Limited has through its Vector Control Unit been at the forefront of the fight against the virus which has so far infected 1,671 people in…

Foreigners seeking to rent a residential or commercial property in Ghana are now to secure a covid-19 clearance certificate, the government has announced. Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, said Tuesday that property owners must demand clearance certificate from all foreigners showing that they are covid-19 negative before renting out their property them. “Landlords must also be worried of potential tenants from foreign countries..It is very mandatory to insist that without a covid-19 negative clearance the landlord should not rent out the premises,” Mr Atta Akyea announced at a news conference in Accra The decision, he explained stems…