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Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 24,248 after 414 new cases of infections were confirmed across the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. The new infections are from tests conducted on July 8. Additionally, the country’s health management body via  its designated website  said 619 patients had recovered or …

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that six more patients have succumbed to the COVID-19 disease, increasing the country’s death toll to 135. The six deaths, recorded in four regions: Central- 2, Northern- 2, Western-1 and Oti- 1, all but one had underlying health conditions, including; hypertension, chronic kidney disease …

Prosecution in the trial involving William Ato Essien, Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, has presented Mr Vish Ashiagbor, a Chartered Accountant and the Director of Pricewaterhouse Copers (PwC) Ghana Limited, as a witness. The witness, who has worked for the PwC for 19 years, with the assistance of the …

The Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP), Mr Isaac Ken Yeboah, Friday charged personnel of the Service to be professional before, during and after the December general election. He asked them to rise above partisan politics and ensure that …

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has procured and presented 1,260 protective working clothing to a women’s group in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region to boost the production of shea butter and shea related products. The items, given to the Bongo-Soe Women’s Shea Pickers and Processors Association …

Mr Daniel Dotse, the Chief Executive Officer, Lead for Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization in education, has called on government to establish more public universities and tertiary institutions to absorb the increasing number of Free Senior High School (SHS) graduates. He said the high number of students completing SHS demanded that …

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International, has launched an anti-corruption software application, dubbed: “Eye on Corruption” platform for citizens to lodge complaints against public officials who abuse their office. Mrs Linda Ofori-Kwafo, GII Executive Director, who launched the platform, said it would provide the necessary …

Road traffic accident related deaths in the Central Region increased over 50 percent in the half-year of 2020, the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has said. The region recorded 136 deaths as against the 89 recorded in the same period in 2019, representing a 52.8 percent increase. However, road traffic …

Government has constituted a sub-committee of the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force to manage safety in schools and address any challenge that may arise during the next eight weeks final year students would be on campus. The Sub-committee has been tasked to oversee the operations of the regional monitoring teams which …

The Health Sector Unions have called on government to ensure regular provision of adequate PPE to all health workers to curb the rate of infection among its members. Government, they said, must also re-define its classification of Front Line Health Workers to include all health workers; ensure strict enforcement of …