A massive cargo plane carrying parts of a field hospital touched down in Ghana on Thursday in support of a UN mission to protect aid workers from the coronavirus in West Africa. A video posted by David Beasley, director of the UN’s World Food Programme, showed crucial supplies being offloaded from the C-17 Globemaster, which […]
Emirates has unveiled multi-faceted measures for employee and customer care at every step of the travel journey, redefining safety and hygiene standards on board and on the ground. The new measures took effect today, with the resumption of regularly scheduled passenger flights to nine destinations. “Emirates is implementing a comprehensive set of measures at every […]
The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall has announced he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr who is the mayor of Guédiawaye is being treated at the Dalal Diamm hospital in Dakar. His wife is also reported to have also tested positive for the virus and is undergoing treatment at the same hospital. Mr […]
The World Health Organization says it is temporarily halting its clinical trials that use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients over published concerns that the drug may do more harm than good. The move comes after the medical journal The Lancet reported on Friday May 22 that patients getting hydroxychloroquine were dying at higher rates than other […]
Ghana has rejected the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to include the country in its list of high risk jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes on 1st October, 2020. A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Thursday said the decision did not reflect exactly […]
On Thursday, May 12, 2020, the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shani Cooper-Zubida called on the National Chief Imam, Sheik Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu. The meeting was to celebrate with the muslim community in Ghana as they observe the Holy Month of Ramadan and prepare for Eid al Fitr. On behalf of the State of Israel in Accra, Ambassador Shani Cooper-Zubuda […]
Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s highly publicised COVID-19 remedy and preventive herbal medicine, known as ‘Covid-Organics’. The Ministry of Information announced this in a tweet on its official Twitter page.The Ministry made reference to Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as the source of the information.It said the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), through the […]
Tanzanian in the midst of COVID 19 has reopened its flight for International flights which was closed on April 12, 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made by Isack Kamwelwe, the Minister for Works, Transport and Communications on Monday after president Magufuli on Sunday said statistically, COVID-19 infections have been dropping as informed by […]
Mr Edmund Amarkwei Foley, the Director of Programmes of Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) in The Gambia, has called on the African Union (AU) to take steps to offer direct financial support to its member States as the continent battles the spread of the novel COVID-19. Mr Foley, made the call […]
US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over Covid-19. The letter outlines a 30-day deadline for the body to commit to “substantive improvements” or risk losing millions and US membership altogether. Addressed to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, it […]
