Pastor arrested for holding church service in defiance of government’s directives
Apostle Kofi Nkansah-Sarkodie, Founder and General-Overseer of the Open Arms Ministries at North Suntreso in Kumasi, has been apprehended by the Ashanti Regional Police Command for breach of a Presidential order on the holding of church service. The clergyman, who is currently in custody, was picked up on Wednesday, March 18 this year, following a […]
EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive for COVID-19
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, has tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Barnier said he was “doing well and in good spirits” in a tweet announcing his diagnosis on Thursday. His diagnosis throws the process of negotiating a post-Brexit trade deal between the EU and the UK into doubt. Mr Barnier had been due […]
Facebook will pay contract staff to work from home
Facebook will pay its third-party US content moderators to work from home. On a call with reporters, Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg said the contract workers would still get their full salaries even if they were unable to do all their normal tasks. The company will also increase use of artificial intelligence to moderate content during […]
Italian doctor dies of coronavirus after working without gloves due to shortage
A 57-year-old doctor who tested positive for coronavirus and who was working in a hospital in the town of Codogno has died. Marcello Natali had been hospitalised in Cremona before being transferred to Milan after developing double pneumonia. In one of the last interviews he gave before he was tested for COVID-19, he told Euronews […]
“Let’s seek the face of God; this, too, will pass”- President Akufo-Addo on coronavirus
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admonished Ghanaians to seek the face of God, in the wake of the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the country, whilst observing, at the same time, the enhanced measures announced by government in dealing with the menace. At a prayer breakfast meeting held at Jubilee House, on […]
Ghana applies to international Financial Institutions for support to fight COVID-19
Ghana has applied to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to secure funding to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing Parliament, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, said Ghana has applied to the World Bank to tap into a-12 billion dollar fast track Covid-19 facility and the IMF for a 10 billion dollar facility to address […]
19th March, 2020
The Ghanaian Times is happy the Ghana Medical Association has joined calls for the suspension of the mass registration exercise by the National Identification Authority in the wake of COVID-19. This is for the general safety of Ghanaians, particularly when there have been media reports of the inability of NIA staff to control the number […]
E/R: Pharmacists produce hand sanitizers on large scale
Some pharmacists at the pharmacy department of the Eastern Regional Hospital have started the production of hand sanitizers on a large scale to be sold to corporate organizations and business owners to prevent the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic. The volume of the sanitizer ranges between five hundred milliliters and four-point -five litres. Speaking […]
Coronavirus: No government official has tested positive – Information Minister
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says neither the president nor any member of government has tested positive to the coronavirus. Speaking at a news confrence in Accra, he took a swipe at individuals who peddle false information on social media about the global pandemic.
Vodafone data traffic surges 50% due to coronavirus
Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator, said the coronavirus crisis was causing data traffic on its networks to surge, with demand already rising 50% in some markets. The British company, which announced a plan on Wednesday to maintain network service and provide capacity for critical government functions in Europe, said it expected data use […]
