Coronavirus updates As it happens (2020-06-11)
Jun 13, 2020
Covid-19: I Sell Nose Masks Myself But I Don't Wear It; I Can't Breath — Some Ghanaians Share Experience
At Sege, the capital of the Ada West District in the Greater Accra Region, many residents say the nose mask is making them feel very uncomfortable.
According to them, not that they do not have it but the issue is that it suffocates them anytime they wear it.
Jun 13, 2020
Only Rich People Contract The Coronavirus — Sege Residents
Many residents of Sege, capital of the Ada West District in the Greater Accra Region, believe that COVID-19 affects only the rich, not the poor contrary to scientific facts.
While some of them said the coronavirus may exist somewhere in the world but not Ghana, others said even if it was in the country, the number of infected people were being exaggerated because few Ghanaians were rich enough to contract it.
Jun 13, 2020
We Have Medical Team On Standby To Deal With COVID-19 Case—Dean Of Faculty Of Ghanaian Languages Of UEW
The Ajumako Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), in the Central Region, has put in place a standby medical team to attend and manage any case of Covid-19.
The Dean, Faculty of Ghanaian Languages, UEW, Ajumako Campus, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie, made the revelation when Zoomlion Ghana Limited disinfected the campus on Friday, (June 12, 2020).
Jun 13, 2020
Covid-19 Pandemic: UNICEF Highlights Unequal Access To Remote Schooling
UNICEF, has indicated that nearly 1.2 billion schoolchildren are struggling with remote learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agency says inequalities in access to technology and materials needed for children to continue learning while schools are closed is desperately unequal in many parts of the world.
Jun 13, 2020
COVID-19: Cases increase To 11,118
Some 262 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Ghana.
The country’s total count as at 0400GMT on Saturday, June 13, 2020 is now 11,118.
Jun 13, 2020
Fears grow in Italy of post-Covid migrant emergency over summer
Concerns have surfaced in Italy that thousands of migrants will again begin to arrive on Italian shores, with coronavirus lockdown measures eased and NGO vessels recently resuming their patrols in the Mediterranean.
According to Italian newspaper reports quoting intelligence sources, more than 20,000 migrants are ready to depart from Libya.
Jun 13, 2020
University Of Ghana School Of Public Health Holds Online Training For Journalists On COVID-19
The University of Ghana School of Public Health has organised a Zoom virtual capacity building media training for some selected journalists and editors on the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The training dubbed 'COVID-19 Media Training' was meant among other things to bring to the fore the role of the media as well as how journalists should manage information flow and report facts on the coronavirus.
Jun 13, 2020
World Day Against Child Labour: DCE Urges Parents To Give Children Balanced Diet To Fight COVID-19
The Techiman North District Chief Executive (DCE) Hon Peter Mensah on Friday, June 12, 2020, held World Day Against Child Labour with a call on parents and caregivers to adopt the habit of giving their wards a well-balanced diet to boost their immune system to enable the Children to fight against COVID 19.
Speaking to newsmen after the celebration Hon Peter Mensah urged businesses and corporations to take moral responsibility and demonstrate compassion to stop employing child labour.
Jun 12, 2020
Covid-19 Hits Fish Farming
The demand for catfish has drastically reduced and put investors in catfish farming into financial distress due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This came up when the Eastern Regional Office of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture led by Mr Francis Banks, the Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission, visited Blackman's Farms and Hatchery at Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region.
Jun 12, 2020
COVID-19: Contact Tracers In Ashanti Region Threatens Srike Over Cut In Allowance
Covid-19 contact tracers in the Ashanti Region have laid down their tools over a reduction in their allowances.
The personnel are agitating over the slashing of their daily stipend from 150 Ghana cedis to 70 Ghana cedis.