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Partial lockdown must be extended to check spread of coronavirus – Govt Statistician
on: by Radia Sambare
The Government Statistician has expressed the need for an extension of the partial lockdown (movement of people) to further check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim told the Ghanaian Times in an interview yesterday that the
Coronavirus: Staff of 56 treatment centers to benefit from 50% pay rise – MoH
on: by Radia Sambare
Staff of 56 treatment centres under the Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospitals including the University of Ghana Medical Centre and also the Bank of Ghana Hospital are to benefit from the increase in basic salary recently announced by the president,
COVID-19: Disregard for social distancing amidst lockdown dangerous – GMA warns
on: by Radia Sambare
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is warning of more danger should Ghanaians fail to observe the social distance protocol despite the lockdown order in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Seven days into the lockdown, there are reports of some Ghanaians,
Ghana expected to receive full complement of $100m COVID-19 fund today
on: by Radia Sambare
Ghana is expected to have full complement of the $100m COVID-19 fund from the World Bank today April 6, 2020. The money is expected to go into various programmes and activities to fight the pandemic. The World Bank over the weekend
Coronavirus patients from Ghana denied access in home countries
on: by Radia Sambare
A significant number of Ghana’s active cases of the novel coronavirus have come from foreign nationals who travelled into the country with it. Currently, most of the cases recorded in Northern Region are from Burkina Faso and Guinea, and there are