The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), has published 11 strict measures for all business to comply with in making the workplace safe for workers. The move is to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19...
Gov’t assures of no more lockdowns as economic impact could be catastrophic
Government, through the Ministry of Health, has given the strongest indication yet to underscore the global message that the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is here to stay and humans must learn new ways to live with it until...
The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) is confident that local innovations can help slow down spread of novel coronavirus in the country. This follows certification of the first-ever locally made automatic disinfection device.
The device, manufactured by ATCL Construction and Engineering - a Tema-based firm, uses alcohol-based disinfectants recommended by the...
Authorities of some Senior High Schools in the Volta Region were full of praise for the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion as their facilities were fumigated on Tuesday.
According to them, the decision to undertake the exercise was timely as most of them had to battle with bedbugs’ infestation...
The Ghana Blind Union (GBU), the union responsible for advocacy and rehabilitation of blind and partially sighted persons in society, has bemoaned being left out of the coronavirus intervention goodies and packages distributed by government.
Government, through the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has...
The producers of the Shortbody Super Handwashing Machine, in Tarkwa, have challenged the Ghanaian public to make handwashing part of their daily living practices even in the aftermath of the deadly coronavirus disease, to enhance personal hygiene and healthy living.
They noted that by strictly observing and adopting this personal...
Some 122 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded overnight bringing the total case counts for the country to 5,530, with 647 recoveries and 24 deaths. The death to positivity ratio now stands at 0.43 per cent of the case count.
The 647 recoveries mean 160 infected persons have now recovered...
Ghana has, as at 6pm Wednesday, May 13, recorded 5408 cases of COVID-19, an increase of 281 cases within 24 hours.
The number of deaths has also increased from 22 yesterday, to 24.
Most of the deaths, according to Dr. Badu Sarkodie Addo, Head of Public Health Directorate, are associated with...
Many uncertainties haunt the world’s campaign to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is now sure: Global economic activity will suffer greatly, with large-scale consequences for the incomes and welfare of all, but especially for the most vulnerable food import-dependent countries.
In the absence of timely and effective policy...
The COVID-19 crisis is now widely seen as the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression. In January, the IMF expected global income to grow 3 percent; it is now forecast to fall 3 percent, much worse than during the Great Recession of 2008-09. Behind this dire statistic is...