IMF approves $1bn for Ghana to deal with coronavirus economic impact
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved the disbursement of $1 billion to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The disbursement will help address the urgent fiscal and balance of payments needs that Ghana is facing, improve confidence, and catalyse support from other development partners. “The Covid-19 pandemic is already impacting Ghana severely. Growth...
17 Covid-19 patients recover – Ghana Health Service
The Ghana Health Service has announced that 17 patients being treated for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus have recovered. Director-General of the Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye disclosed this at the Information Ministry’s press briefing on Covid-19 in the country. He explained that patients are only declared free from the disease after they have recorded two consecutive negative “Currently we...
Kenyan MP arrested for defying bar shutdown order
Dozens of people were arrested in Kenya over Easter after they were found drinking in bars and flouting strict measures announced by the government to deal with the spread of coronavirus. Those detained include a member of parliament, a magistrate and several police officers who were found drinking in bars. Police carried out raids at pubs in the capital, Nairobi, which...
Nigeria extends coronavirus lockdown in main cities
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has announced an extension of the lockdown in the capital Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states in order to sustain the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The initial 14-day lockdown was due to end Monday night but has now been extended by 14 days. Essential workers, food shops and pharmacies will however be allowed to operate during the...
Coronavirus: Older people being ‘airbrushed’ out of virus figures
Many older people are being "airbrushed" out of coronavirus figures in the UK, charities have warned. The official death toll has been criticised for only covering people who die in hospital - but not those in care homes or in their own houses. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey told the BBC the daily figure was based on hospital deaths because...
CSM is killing our people- NDF cry out to Government
The Northern Development Forum (NDF) has called on the government to give the needed attention to the outbreak of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in six districts of the Upper West Region. According to the Forum, CSM is currently claiming more lives in these districts hence the need of the health authorities, particularly the Ministry of Health to give it the...
E/R NDC demands mass testing after spike in confirmed coronavirus cases
Government has been urged to urgently start mass testing in the Eastern Region following a spike in the number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the region, Darlas Williams, who made the call, argued it is expedient to take that measure, especially in the affected areas to contain further spread of the...
Coronavirus: Tamale Central Hospital casual staff asked to go home
Management of the Tamale Central hospital in the northern region have suspended the services of all its casual workers with immediate effect until further notice. The directive, according to the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Mahamadu Mbiniwaya, was necessary following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. He said patients’ attendance at the hospital has reduced drastically since...
Probe attacks on journalists-GJA to military
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is demanding the military to investigate and punish two of its officers cited in two incidents of assaults on journalists. According to the association, the actions of the soldiers were unwarranted, arbitrary and barbaric. It challenged the Military Authorities to redeem the image of the Armed Forces by fishing out the culprits for sanction in the...
Dr Anyars intervenes to curb community spread of COVID-19 in Tamale
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programme who doubles as the 2020 parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party in the Tamale Central Constituency, Dr Ibrahim Anyars Imoro has continued his humanitarian gestures by donating fifty hand washing facilities and about one thousand liquid soaps to elected assembly members in the eighteen electoral areas in...
