The Managing Director of fast-rising financial institution Best Point Savings and Loans, Philip Odei Asare has reportedly passed on from COVID-19 complications, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. While further details of his death have been kept under wraps, his family and friends have been thrown into a state mourning. With the …
Read More »We never stopped contact tracing – GHS
The Ghana Health Service has debunked assertions that they had ceased their contact tracing efforts of COVID-19 cases. Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Dacosta Aboagye in an interview with Sefa Danquah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show explained that it may seem that the …
Read More »Alhaji Chocho did not die of coronavirus – Family denies claims
The family of the late Alhaji Mustapha Oti Boateng known as Alhaji Chocho has denied news reports circulating that he died of Coronavirus. The family reports that he died after a short illness last week and has been buried at Kasoa in the Central Region. “The man died on …
Read More »SHSs in Sissala record low turnout after coronavirus break
Heads of Senior High Schools in the Sissala East Municipality are to embark on a sensitisation campaign to convince parents to allow their wards back to school. The campaign follows a low turnout recorded by the two Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Sissala East since the reopening of schools …
Read More »Tema: 105 persons arrested for flouting directives on wearing of nose masks
A total of 105 suspects have been rounded up by the Tema Regional Police Command for non-compliance with the Government’s directives on the wearing of nose masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19. The four-hour operation around Tema Community One on 20th January 2021 is a …
Read More »EOCO, Medical & Dental Council expose ‘baby harvesting’ syndicate
A syndicate of doctors, nurses and social workers have been busted for their role in an illegal act of “baby harvesting” and human trafficking. According to a joint statement issued by the Medical and Dental Council and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), investigations into the alleged act …
Read More »Farmer jailed 5 years for stealing cocoa beans
A 38-year-old farmer, Prince Kodua has been jailed for stealing GHC5,200 worth of cocoa beans from a cocoa merchant at Kokodei in the Ashanti Region. He faced the penalty at the Bekwai Circuit Court after confessing to having stolen the beans which is contrary to section 124 (1) of …
Read More »Bodies of coronavirus victims to be buried by health experts – Government
Mourners and families of persons in the country who died of Coronavirus will be protected against contracting the virus during interments, a former Presidential Advisor on Health has revealed. Giving further details on Kumasi-based local radio station monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Dr. Anthony NsiaH Asare indicated that,” a team of …
Read More »University of Ghana to continue online teaching and learning – Pro-Vice-Chancellor
The University of Ghana is continuing with online teaching and learning this year, except for some practical, clinical and tutorial programmes. The decision is to help contain the spread of coronavirus, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, Academic and Student Affairs, has said. She said looking …
Read More »Hohoe records seven new coronavirus cases
The Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region has recorded two additional cases of the coronavirus disease, bringing the total number of active cases to seven as of Tuesday, January 19, 2021. As at Monday, January 18, the Municipality had five active cases. Dr Pius Mensah, Hohoe Municipal Director of …
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