SITUATION UPDATE, COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN GHANA – 18 APRIL 2020

The Ghana Health Service is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing as part of the COVID-19 testing exercise. This is after some 57,000 samples have already been successfully tested as at April 15th 2020. In the first batch of this backlog, an additional 198 have been …

Can a JHS man marry a doctor?

Last year, a young lady doctor joined a social club and met a young man of her dreams. Everything about him matched her expectations; he was a committed Christian, a successful businessman and had good manners and sense of humour. She, however, detected some deficiency in his spoken English and sometimes what he said in public …

Our charges would be increased after coronavirus – Viral Ghanaian pallbearers announce

Prampram based professional pallbearers have become an internet sensational group and it is changing the dynamics to their business, therefore, an increase in their charges to improve their services.The group, which operates under the name Nana Otafrija Pall-Bearing services, are currently viral TikTok superstars attracting global attention.  However, the group has been in existence for …

About 12,000 Coronavirus samples backlog to be tested- Oppong Nkrumah

Ghana’s laboratories have been tasked to work round the clock to process a backlog of over 12 thousand samples collected for testing for covid-19. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a tweet on Thursday evening said the processing will be in addition to 51,000 samples already tested as at yesterday. Contact tracing teams and lab …

Coronavirus: 50% electricity cut will start reflecting from next month – Government

The government has announced that its 50% electricity power reduction will take effect from the month of May. This was disclosed by the Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu , during a news conference on Thursday. Last week, President Akufo-Addo announced that government will absorb the electricity bills of poor citizens in a bid to alleviate …

Betway Ghana donates GHC150,000 to COVID-19 Trust fund to help fight Coronavirus

Betway Ghana has donated a sum of GHC150,000 to the COVID-19 to help fight Coronavirus. The presentation was made at a presser where the Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah was present. The COVID-19 National Trust Fund was set up by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to receive contributions and donations from the public to assist …

‘Free electricity’ to cost Ghana ¢1bn in 3 months – Energy Minister

Government is spending a whopping 1 billion to finance the electricity relief package announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo to cushion Ghanaians for the next three months amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Energy Minister John Peter Amewu said on Thursday that the covid-19 presidential electricity package will cover about 86 per cent of Ghanaians who are …

People are refusing to sell to my wife – Coronavirus survivor

Recounting his experience to the media on Thursday, April 16, Mr Drah said he fell ill on March 17 and decided to get tested for COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the new Coronavirus. The test came back positive and Mr Drah was taken to a specialised facility at the GA East to receive medical …

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