2020

Six people have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country as of March 14 after testing nearly 100 suspected cases, Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health Service announced. Ghana confirmed its…

The Fisheries Commission (FC) has advised the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) to impress upon their members to register their canoes before January 2021. According to the Commission, no unregistered canoe would be allowed…

Just hours after an announcement confirming that COVID-19 cases in Ghana have tripled three days after the country’s first two confirmed cases were announced – putting the numbers to six, the President, has issued new directives…

Germany will largely close its borders with France, Austria and Switzerland from Monday due to the coronavirus, government sources tell dpa. The measure will enter into effect from 8 am (0700 GMT), they said. According to dpa…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says government has started a process to provide incentives to frontline healthcare workers whose activities would take them close to suspected and confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr Badu…

Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, a former President of the Ghana Kidney Association (GKA), has called for the incorporation of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) screening into the non-communicable diseases screening programmes in the health…

Health authorities in Ghana today confirmed four more positive cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total to-date to six, three says after announcing the first two in the country. The authorities say they are continuing with…

The impact of the COVID-19 on Africa could cause the continent to lose half of it’s GDP, according to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The ECA in a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com March 13, 2020, warned that the…

The University of Ghana has stepped up measures to prevent or contain a possible outbreak of the COVID-19 on its campuses. It has begun sensitisation on the disease at the Legon Campus, Korle Bu and Accra City campuses and subsequently…

Mr Akwesi Agyemang, the Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has directed all tourism and hospitality industries to immediately start screening all guests before giving them access to their facilities. He said this was…