Ghana's Total Confirmed Cases 152
30th March, 2020 | 08:30 GMT
As of 30th March 2020, at 08:30 hrs, no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported since the last update at 11:00hrs on 29th March 2020.
The Kumasi Centre for Collaborat…
Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday presented one hundred sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) to health workers at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital in Accra.
The presentation, according to Mr. Mahama, follo…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the Board of Trustees of the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.
The Board of Trustees, which is chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, will receive contributions and donations …
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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has pledged to donate his three months salary to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Fund established by President Akufo-Addo to help the vulnerable infected by the virus and also the frontline health officers who…
Ghana’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) case count has increased to 152 from 141 yesterday (March 28, 2020).
An update by the Ghana Health Service said the 11 new cases, were recorded today (Sunday, March 29, 2020).
Ten (10) of the new cases …
The stay-at-home measure announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday to ensure restricted movement by people has officially commenced.
At 1 a.m. today, policemen, soldiers and personnel of the Ghana Immigration Serv…
The eve of Ghana’s rollout of a partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) ushered in scarcities of its own – as the reality of a new way of life dawned.
The winners, apparently, we…
Naa Bohugu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, Overlord (Nayiri) of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, has suspended the enskinments of chiefs in the Mamprugu Kingdom saying this is due to the incidence of COVID-19 cases in the country.
The enskinments…
The Management of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a Prisons NGO, has commended government for the passage of the Narcotics Control Commission Bill into Law.
Mr Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, the Executive Director of CCF, in an interview with t…
The Northern Development Authority (NDA) has cut sod for the construction of an emergency ward at the Lawra Municipal Hospital and a maternity ward at the Busa Health Centre in the Lawra and Wa Municipalities respectively.
The M. K. Pok…
The Secretariat of the All-Africa Students Union (AASU) has called on governments and all stakeholders to make educational institutions safe places for students during the period of the Coronavirus outbreak on the continent.
A statement…
The Shipowners and Agents Association of Ghana (SOAAG) has asked its customers to use its online and e-platforms to transact business as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Madam Perpetua Osei-Bonsu, Executive Secretary,…
Philip Foundation Programme, a non-governmental organization (NGO), committed to building the capacity of Women, Youth and Children, has called on government to 'lockdown' the country down for four weeks to prevent the mass influx of infec…
Ms Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture has advised market women to start practising shift system as a key measure of crowd control in the wake of the deadly pandemic.
She also encouraged all Market queens to …
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Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, has said the COVID-19 pandemic, is not just a health issue but economic destabilizer.
Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka, who is also the UN Women Executive Director, said it is a profoun…
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The Effutu Traditional Council has suspension of this year’s Aboakyer Festival of the Effutu Traditional Area with immediate effect.
It called on all residents of Effutuman to rigorously follow the directives given by the government on …
Olam Ghana, a leading food and agri-business, has donated a consignment of medical supplies to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH) and the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), in support of the government’s efforts to cu…
The Hohoe Municipal Hospital in the Volta region has called for support in the fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus disease.
The Hospital is said to need material resources and finance to organise its treatment centre and a…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 11 more cases of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19); with 10 of them being recorded at Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region.
The 11th case was recorded at Kumasi, the Ashanti Regi…
The Bank of Ghana has asked all Banks, Saving and Loans Companies, Finance Houses, Microfinance Institutions and Forex Bureaux to trigger their business continuity plans with the minimum number of staff to serve the public amid the Governm…
Government has declared its intention to use the period of restriction of movement, effective Monday, March 30, 2020, to trace and test all persons who have come into contact with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
“The restrict…
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has joined scores of Ghanaians to celebrate the 76th birthday of President Akufo-Addo on social media.
Vice President Bawumia eulogised President Akufo-Addo for being a divine blessing to…
Five persons have died after becoming infected with the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana.
The figure was put out by the Ghana Health Service on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
The Service further disclosed that the country has now r…
Ghana's Coronavirus (COVID-19) case count rose by four new infections to 141 cases on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
The four new confirmed cases were announced by the Ghana Health Service.
One person who tested positive is among those un…
Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, the Chief of Staff at the Presidency has made clarifications to Members of the Executive who are exempted from the Restriction of Movement of Persons announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
A sta…
As part of measures to manage the spread of COVID 19,the Western North Regional Coordinating Council has educated leaders of market, traditional authorities, and transport operators in the Bibiani Anwhiaso Bekwai, Sefwi-Waiwso and Aowin mu…
A Chinese national, kept in isolation for five-days at the Kumasi South Hospital, Atonsu-Agogo, for showing symptoms of the flu-like coronavirus but tested negative, has been ordered to go into self-quarantine.
The Health Authorities, s…
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State, has charged traditional and local government authorities to protect the aged in society as the country worked towards containing the Coronavirus disease.
He said the aged remained the most …
The GNPC Foundation has distributed 140 Veronica buckets, 1,860 Sanitizers, soaps, tissues paper and dust bins to ten market centres across the two Western Regions.
The distribution, formed part of the Foundation's corporate social inve…
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State, has donated sanitizers and GHC100,000.00 to two hospitals in Ho for the fight against COVID-19.
The hospitals are; Ho Teaching Hospital-GHC60,000.00 and Ho Municipal Hospital-GHC40,000.00.
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Yayra Child Development Centre Wednesday placed "veronica" buckets full of essential liquids, sanitizers and paper tissues at vantage points in the Adaklu-Kodzobi community to enable residents to constantly wash their hands.
Yayra Child…
Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) is committing up to One million Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,000,000.00), to the fight to contain and stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
CBG, an indigenous bank, and the country's second larg…
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) says it is providing assistance to communities to construct simple local hand washing facilities, such as tippy taps, at the household levels.
It will also support Community-Based Health …
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Government, through the Risk Communications and Social Mobilisation Group of the Ghana Health Service, on Thursday organised a sensitisation workshop for political parties to rally them towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Representa…
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday, presented about 21,080 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Ghana's Ministry of Health (MOH), to complement Government's efforts to effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic…
Read President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's Friday night address on latest measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19).
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have come to your homes, once again, as promised, on the matter wh…
President Akufo-Addo on Friday night gave a brief summary of Ghana's current status relative to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, when he addressed the nation to announce reviewed measures to contain the spread of the virus.
Here is …
The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has gone beyond the identified epicentres, with Wa, the Upper West Regional capital, recording its first confirmed case.
This has shot the number of confirmed cases from 132 to 137, wit…
The World Vision Ghana, on Wednesday presented some COVID-19 response items to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), to support the Government in its strategies against the spread of the virus.
The items were made up of 200,000 information, e…
The Oti Regional Health Directorate has inaugurated a Public Health Emergency Management Committee to help fight COVID-19 in the Region.
The Committee is to ensure that the public adhere to health safety measures outlined by the World H…
Management of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) has received a cheque of GH?97,450.16 from the government to cover the medical bills of the accident victims of the Dompoase crash.
This was in fulfillment of the promise made to tak…
A Deputy Superintendent of Prison (DSP) Johann Nii Narh Nartey, has appealed to Government to include the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) in the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-1…
Dr Nana Ato Authur, Head of the Local Government Service (LGS) has asked staff of Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to take their annual leave to avoid overcrowding in their vari…
Ghana can access up to $500 million in the form of concessionary emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to mitigate the effect of the coronavirus disease (CONVID-19) on the economy, the IMF Resident Representative i…
Health officials in the Ketu South Municipality are calling for a designated place in the Municipality to quarantine people suspected to be infected with COVID -19.
The call follows a report of the arrest and mandatory quarantine of a G…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recalled all of its staff on study leave to help with the fight against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has claimed three lives in the last two weeks with a total of 136 people testing positive …
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