Ghana’s case count for the COVID-19 pandemic infection has scaled the dreaded 10,000 mark, yet we understand that essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports simply because of challenges faced by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems...
Drugs at risk of expiration before clearance
Prices could go up
Essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports, awaiting clearance, due to the challenges faced at the ports by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), designed...
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Sunyani, Owusu-Banahene Justina, has affirmed that the disinfection exercise of the Sunyani Military Barracks (3 Battalion) will spur military personnel on to continue to support the government's fight against COVID-19.
She made the remarks at the launch of the disinfection of military facilities in the...
The rains came down yesterday and, as usual, some parts of the city got flooded, One person has been confirmed dead at Odawna after the over-five hours of flooding in Accra.
Over the years, residents of low-lying areas across the country, particularly in the Greater Accra Region, have experienced flooding...
Everyone is talking about the New Normal. Presumably, this New Normal will be our new way of life after several periods of lockdown and other uncomfortable restrictions have been lifted. The New Normal will determine how we eat, how we fly, how we attend funerals and weddings…and even how...
... as Zoomlion disinfects barracks, schools
The fight against the spread of Coronavirus can only be won through the collective effort of all stakeholders, including the citizenry and corporate organisations, Deputy Minister of Defence, Major Rtd. Derek Oduro, has said.
Speaking in Accra to launch a nationwide disinfection and fumigation exercise...
On tapping local production to weather a crisis
What is your assessment of how Ghana has handled the COVID-19 pandemic?
YOFI GRANT: Ghana was one of the first countries in Africa to move swiftly and impose tough restrictions at the start of the outbreak. The country has handled the situation fairly...
As part of efforts to contain spread of the COVID-19, Zoomlion Ghana Limited on Thursday (June 06) disinfected nine mosques in various parts of Accra.
They included the Madina Central Mosque; Shia Mosque, Madina; Al-Aziz Central Mosque, Burma Camp; Ahlul-bait Institute Central Mosque; Alhamadiya Mosque; and the Military Barracks Central...
A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam has traded paper for plastic bottles and started making anti-coronavirus face shields that are being snatched up by hospitals and health centres nationwide.
Until earlier this year, Zaidi Recyclers had a thriving business in processing waste paper which it...
The Executive Council of the Association of Rural Banks, Ghana, has registered its appreciation and commended all the rural banks which have so far supported government in the fight against spread of coronavirus.
The total amount involved in this support is approximately GH¢400,000 - which went into the purchase of...