South Africa’s communications minister has been suspended for two months – one of which will be without pay – for having lunch with a friend during the coronavirus lockdown. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been the talk of the town since a photograph of her eating with Mduduzi Manana surfaced this week. The image, which shows the […]
Boris Johnson has spent a second night in intensive care as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus. The PM is being kept at St Thomas’ Hospital in London “for close monitoring”, Downing Street said. Mr Johnson’s condition is “stable” and he remains in “good spirits”, his spokesman added on Tuesday evening. Downing Street also […]
The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with 1,736 fatalities reported on Tuesday. It brings the total number of deaths in the country to 12,722, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The US has more than 398,000 confirmed cases, the highest number in the world. Global cases have exceeded 1.4 […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has pledged to support its member states to fight the coronavirus pandemic. To that effect, the bloc has made available financial support from its own resources, in addition to assistance from international partners, for the purchase of medical supplies and equipment essential for the fight against the […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as “racist” the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested in Africa. “Africa can’t and won’t be a testing ground for any vaccine,” said Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The doctors’ remarks during a TV debate […]
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 […]
