Tag Archives: Coronavirus

  The Parliament of Ghana on Wednesday frowned on the poor treatment accorded people who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and called on society to avoid stigmatization, discrimination and fear of patients who have recovered from the disease. This, the House observed, would encourage people to come out boldly …

    Amidst speculations that some Members and Staff of Parliament have tested positive for Covid-19, Mr Samuel Nartey George, MP for Ningo-Prampram, is calling for a two-week shut-down, and fumigation of Parliament. “Given the way Parliament operates, if any of the two MPs found their way into the chamber, …

  Since March, schools across the country have been closed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Subsequently, the country has struggled to combat the disease that has no known cure yet. The closure of the schools is just one of the numerous decisions that were taken by the …

  The Founder and Leader of the United Front Party(UFP) Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng believes that there’s not a single case of coronavirus in Ghana. According to the man who’s seeking to be Ghana’s President, the Akufo-Addo led-government is hiding behind the so-called outbreak of the disease in Ghana to …

Source: www.ghanaweb.com The Ghana Health Service has rendered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians over some mishaps which occurred on the official coronavirus updates website as regards the upload of some wrong coronavirus figures. On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, some case count figures were uploaded on the official website of the Ghana …

  It is the hope, perhaps, of many people that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will announce a possible further easing of the Imposition of Restriction Act, 2020 (Act 1012), especially on public gatherings for us to gradually go back to our normal life. The ban on public gathering, ostensibly …

  The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), a civil society network championing the right to quality basic education for all children, has urged the Government to ensure that all teachers undergo mandatory testing before going back to school. A statement issued by Mr Joseph Atsu Homadzi, Interim Chair, GNECC, …

Ghana’s speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has said it is erroneous for MPs to rush to the media to leak the COVID-19 status of their colleagues. However, he said it is within the right of lawmakers to inform the public about their personal status if they so wish. …

  NDC MP for North Tongue, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has joined calls for Ghanaian lawmakers to make their Covid-19 status public. In a Facebook post, the former Education Minister under the Mahama administration said this would help in removing the stigma associated with the disease. “There should be nothing to …

  Ghana has 186 new COVID-19 cases to put the current confirmed case count to 7,303, the Ghana Health Service has announced. On the official website of Ghana Health Service, 2,412 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier have also recovered. This implies that as of the last update, 95 …