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President Nana Akufo-Addo has warned government will not hesitate to cordon off or impose curfew on any community that may record what he termed unexpected outburst of new coronavirus infections in the country. The lifting the three-week old partial lockdown imposed on parts of the country, he said, does not mean Ghana is out of the woods yet, indicating that the government will not let its guard down in the fight against the deadly virus. Although the number of infections has risen to over a thousand, the President said it now has a grip on the rapid spread of the…

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, Today, Sunday, 19th April, 2020, is exactly three (3) weeks since I came to you and announced the imposition of restrictions to movement in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa, and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts. I explained, at the time, that the decision was taken to give Government the opportunity to try to contain the spread of the virus, scale-up effectively the tracing of persons who had come into contact with infected persons, test them for the virus, and, if necessary, quarantine and isolate them for treatment, should they prove…

Ghana’s coronavirus case count has hit the region of thousand as 208 new cases in the last 24 hours have taken the country’s tally to 1,042. President Nana Akufo-Addo who announced the new figure in a televised address to the nation Sunday night said a total of 68,591 people have so far been tested in the country, the largest in Africa. With Ghana having received the test results of some 68,591 contacts, the President said 1,042 persons, representing 1.5% have been confirmed as positive, while the remaing 67,549, representing 98.5% tested negative for the virus “Additionally, 99 persons have recovered…

Ghana has lifted the three-week partial lockdown imposed on parts of the country to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has now infected more than thousand people. The decision to lift the movement of restrictions in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi from 1:00 a.m. on Monday April 20, President Nana Akufo-Addo explained, was informed by current data backed by science. He however said the lifting of the lockdown “does not mean we are out of the pandemic” yet. “I must make it clear at the outset that lifting these restrictions does not mean we are letting our guard…

Victory Bible Church International (VBCI), one of the leading charismatic and Pentecostal churches in Ghana, has given out food items to over 2000 homes within the Awoshie-Anyaa communities in the Ablekuma North constituency where the church is located. The gesture of the Church is in line with the call of government for religious and corporate institutions to join hands with the state to mitigate the impact of the current Covid-19 lockdown in Greater Accra, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi as part of efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in Ghana. Families within the area thronged the church premises…

Former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak Coach Ernest Middendorp joined (https://youtu.be/A5SuuzF1A3c ) the “Ghana Rugby COVID-19 ‘Stay safe, healthy and productive!’ Challenge” issued by its President, Herbert Mensah. In his message to the Ghana Rugby family and friends Middendorp said that it is a difficult time for all involved in sports but that he has accepted the limitations that come with the pandemic. “Stay at home, stay safe! On the other hand, there are so many things that one can do such as reading and writing,” Middendorp said. Middendorp also hinted that he is working on his own biography…

One of Ghana’s herbal medicines touted for its immune boosting properties have been found to be contaminated with escherichia coli (E.Coli), a bacterium that health experts say causes serious health implications in humans. Executive President of COA Global Peace Mission, Professor Samuel Ato Duncan recently urged government and research institutions globally to subject COA FS to further research in order to ascertain its effectiveness against COVID-19. It followed claims that some persons who contracted the deadly novel coronavirus in China recovered after using the COA FS Immune Booster. Laboratory analysis of the FDA-approved COA FS Food Supplement however revealed that…

Some rampaging police officers in Tamale have unleashed violence on scores of residents of a small community in the area in retaliation for what they said was an assault on one of their colleagues. The Saturday dawn operation which lasted close to two hours saw the armed law enforcers fire gunshots outside and and teargas into rooms of some of the residents of Changli while they were asleep, and whipped them without showing mercy on even children and women. The apparent angry officers, who appeared not satisfied, again smashed the windows and windscreens of private cars, taxis and a school…

Just like his name Obour (which means stone in the Akan language) suggests, former MUSIGA President, Bice Osei Kuffuor, is audaciously bold and a tough nut to crack. The native of Juaso in the Ashanti Region is far too quick-witted and admired for being smart, ambitious and goal oriented. From a music lover through a hit maker, to the big one; MUSIGA President and now, Asante Akyem South parliamentary hopeful , Obour’s rise to the top has been swift and inspiring. Yes! He’s seen it all. But Obour has equally survived and lived through excruciating pain, endured mistreatment, name calling…