Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1% in 2020 - the first recession in the region over the past 25 years according to the latest Africa’s Pulse, the World...
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has rolled out a Business Tracker, which is an online survey targetting businesses with the aim of assessing the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Ghana.
The study will also assess measures put in place by businesses...
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- calls for concerted efforts towards tackling the virus
The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, has urged traditional and religious leaders to support the national efforts toward stopping and containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in the country.
He said while the role of both traditional and...
FanMilk Ghana Limited, a member of Danone, has made another donation to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.
Last week, FanMilk presented 15,600 bottles of drinking Yoghurt (FanMaxx) to the Ridge Hospital and the Noguchi Medical Research Institute to support their efforts at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
On...
Ghana’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation has seen a significant jump by 158 new cases, the highest jump over 24 hours, to currently stand at 566 cases.
According to a tweet by the Diseases Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service the virus has spread to 10 regions of the country’s 16...
In the wake of increasing numbers of positive cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic, some 10,000 people in the country are expected to be tested in the coming week.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his sixth address to the nation on the update of the coronavirus, explained that 10,000...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced a further extension of the restriction of movement in some parts of the country notably in the Greater Accra, Central and Ashanti regions, as part of efforts to curb the threat of the novel coronavirus.
The latest decision, according to the President,...
Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Badu Sarkodie has made a startling revelation during his routine meet-the-press series to throw light on the COVID-19 situation in the country.
Contrary to what is widely believed to be true that young people are somewhat immune to the...
With the aim to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, while continuing to provide efficient health care for its clients, the International Maritime Hospital is encouraging the general public especially prospective clients to take advantage of its telemedicine program.
According to Dr. Helen Tettey, Head of Clinical Services of the...