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Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has refused to shake hands with minority leader Haruna Iddrisu in parliament over fears of contracting the deadly novel coronavirus which has killed more than 3,000 people globally. The minister who is also the Member of Parliament for Dormaa Central, had gone to parliament Wednesday morning to brief his colleagues on measures taken by Ghana to prevent and manage the virus in the event a positive case is recorded in the country. Although Ghana has not recorded any coronavirus case, the minister justified his refusal to shake hands with the Tamale South MP, stating the culture…

Ghana is working to secure a remotely located facility to be used as quarantine centre for novel coronavirus (covid-19) cases. Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu told parliamentarians Wednesday that a quarantine centre has already been established in the country. “Another remotely located 100-bed capacity facility is being secured for the purpose of quarantine for eligible persons,” he announced, and assured the facility will be ready for use in two weeks from now. The coronavirus which broke out in January in China’s central city of Wuhan, has killed more than 3,000 people globally, according to the BBC. Forty suspected cases of coronavirus…

The trial of former COCOBOD boss, Dr. Stephen Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo has been put on hold following the filing of a motion to get the trial judge changed. Counsel for Dr. Opuni, Samuel Cudjoe has filed a motion for the judge, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, to recuse himself for stated reasons. When the court reconvened on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, for lawyers for Seido Agongo to continue cross-examination of Dr Yaw Adu Ampomah, lawyer Cudjoe drew the attention of the court to the pending motion. The motion filed on 28th of February, 2020 is expected to be heard…

The acting Resident Representative of UNDP in Ghana, Gita Welch, has underlined the efforts of UNDP in supporting young people with the requisite entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We believe that young people have the power to transform the economy of Ghana,  so we will continue to support investment in the growth of our youth and co-create with them a space to share their ideas and innovations for sustainable development in Ghana,” she noted. She said this when the National Youth Authority (NYA) paid a courtesy call on the United…

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has pledged a whooping sum of N200million to support the current effort of the Nigerian government towards curbing the spread of coronavirus or Covid-19 in the country. ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a corporate organization in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus since Nigeria recorded its first index case last month in Lagos, Nigeria. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Aliko Dangote Foundation Ms Zouera Youssoufou, represented by the Health and Nutrition Programme Officer Maryam Shehu-Buhari, at a donor coordinating meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, March…

The findings of an inquest into the death of a mentally ill Ghanaian in the UK indicates that the deceased died from dehydration, malnutrition and hypothermia “in plain sight” at an immigration centre. The 31-year-old Prince Kwabena Fosu’s death was partly due to “gross failure” by agencies at the centre, the jury at West London Coroner’s Court said. Mr Fosu arrived in the UK from Ghana in April 2012 on a valid business visa, but it was cancelled at Heathrow Airport. He appealed but in September 2012, his appeal was rejected. In October, he was arrested: a passer-by called police…

Joe Biden has won nine of the 14 states that voted to pick a Democratic White House candidate on Super Tuesday, a remarkable rebound for his campaign. The former US vice-president overturned predictions to narrowly take the key state of Texas from his main challenger, Bernie Sanders. However, Mr Sanders is projected to win California – the biggest prize of the night – as well as three other states. They lead the race to face Republican President Donald Trump in November. Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg spent more than half a billion dollars of his own money on his…

A three-year-old Syrian girl whose father taught her to laugh at the sound of bombs in order not to be afraid has reached safety in Turkey, reports say. Salwa made headlines in a video that went viral last month. It showed her playing a game as warplanes dropped bombs near her home in Idlib. The Turkish government helped her and her parents cross the border a week later, it has emerged. Idlib is the final major rebel-held stronghold in Syria. Nearly a million people have fled to the Syrian-Turkish border since December, amid heavy fighting in the Idlib region between…

One person who was trapped in a mining pit at Ekorso in the Atewa West District of the Eastern Region on Monday has died. He was among three other illegal miners, popularly known as ‘galamseyers’, who were trapped in an old mining site by Metahauson Mining Company, Police in the area say the three had gone there to engage in galamsey. During the process of mining, the pit caved in on them leading to the death of one miner identified as Kofi Ohene, 23 years. His body has since been retrieved from the pit. “No mark of violence was found…