The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has taken delivery of COVID-19 medical supplies for Ghana and 17 other African countries. The items were supplied by the Chinese government as part of efforts to combat the Coronavirus disease. They include about 3,000 N95 protective face masks for frontline health workers, […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. It is said to be a “precautionary step” taken on the advice of his doctor. The […]
Citizens of the Netherlands and other countries in Europe have been repatriated from Ghana to their various countries. Though borders are closed to flights entering the country, the Information Ministry said on April 3, 2020, at a press briefing that the issue of extracting foreigners who have been stuck in Ghana due to the global […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of all Ghanaian borders for another two-weeks. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo directed the closure of all borders in Ghana — land, sea and air — to human traffic for the next two weeks, with effect from midnight Sunday, March 22, 2020. The closure, however, did […]
Ghana and other borrowing countries will enjoy one more year of extension in repaying funds borrowed from the International Monetary Fund to support their economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghana is seeking to borrow some millions of dollars from the IMF to fight the coronavirus pandemic. In a release today, the IMF Executive Board approved […]
The World Bank is providing $100 million to Ghana to assist the country in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This $100 million will be made available to the government as short, medium and long-term support. This financing package includes $35 million in emergency support to help the country provide improved response systems. Under this emergency package, […]
The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods. The potential longer-term effects on the global economy and those of individual countries are dire. In a new report, Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, the United Nations Secretary-General calls on everyone to act […]
More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University – another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic. Nearly 53,000 people have died and more than 210,000 have recovered, according to the US university’s figures. The US has the most cases, […]
British Airways has reached a deal to temporarily suspend more than 30,000 of its cabin crew and ground staff. The airline, which has grounded most of its fleet due to the coronavirus, has been locked in talks with unions for more than a week. But on Thursday, BA boss Alex Cruz told staff that a […]
The African Union Bureau of Heads of State and Government has agreed to establish a continental anti-COVID-19 fund to which member states of the Bureau agreed to immediately contribute USD 12.5 million as seed funding. The AU Bureau is currently chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the head of the AU, […]
