Vigilant residents of Akwadum a suburb of New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region last night arrested nine (9) persons from Benin who arrived in the community under cover. The Benin nationals -all males were handed over to the Akwadu... Read more
Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC). As the daily number of new infections appears to be falling... Read more
“Coronavirus will not overcome us,” the Queen has said, in an Easter message to the nation. While celebrations would be different for many this year, she said: “We need Easter as much as ever.” Referencing the tradition o... Read more
The Eastern Regional Secretariat of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, is calling for the establishment of Isolation Centers to manage COVID-19 cases and also a mass testing exercise for residents living in the Lower Manya Krobo m... Read more
A 15-year-old girl is battling for her life after she was crushed by a speeding Private car at Akyem Tafo in the Eastern Region. The girl was seriously injured and currently at the emergency ward at the Akyem Tafo Government Hospital. The incide... Read more
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has released a number of its operational vehicles to support the tracking, tracing and testing exercise being undertaken by Government health officials as part of the Nation’s COVID-19 containment effo... Read more
Angry residents of Kwahu Praso and its surrounding communities have launched arson attack at a mining site destroying mining equipment worth millions of Ghana Cedis. The residents are agitating against the presence of Soon Mining company which t... Read more
Ghana has recorded 30 new infections less than 24 hours after the national figure jumped to 378. According to the latest announcement by Ghana Health Service, as of 10 April 2020, 11:00 hours, a total of 27,346 persons have been tested with 408... Read more
The Eastern Regional Health Directorate is to resend samples of all confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Kpong in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research for retesting as it is alarmed by the high number o... Read more
Apple and Google are jointly developing technology to alert people if they have recently come into contact with others found to be infected with coronavirus. They hope to initially help third-party contact-tracing apps run efficiently. But ultim... Read more
The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. Figures from Johns Hopkins University show 2,108 people died in the past 24 hours while there are now more than half a million confirm... Read more
There are fear and panic among residents living around Elite Hostel near Koforidua Technical University (KTU) in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern region following the arrival of an alleged COVID-19 quarantined escapee from Togo.... Read more
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be shielding possible disasters that may face the country if care is not taken. Ghana’s total attention has been on ways of dealing with the spread of the virus as it has been the norm across... Read more
The Eastern Regional Health Directorate is worried that, increasing stigmatization against persons tested negative for COVID-19 could erode gains being made to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the region. The number of persons tested positive f... Read more
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