Coronavirus: Mike Pence flouts rule on masks at hospital
US Vice-President Mike Pence has visited a top US hospital without wearing a mask, despite the medical centre’s own rules that visitors wear personal protective equipment. Mr Pence appeared to be the only person present not in a facial covering at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. In a deleted tweet, the clinic said the vice-president […]
Straw basket weavers receive PPEs and education on social distancing
Straw basket weavers in the Upper East Region have been educated on the need for Social Distancing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As a result, they are no longer weaving together in groups at the Weaving centers. Paku Enterprise (PE) Ghana in collaboration with the African Market […]
Fabrics used for production of face masks could have health implications
Prior to the Ghana Standards Authority’s publication of guidelines for locally made nose masks, many of the masks were made without official specifications to help serve the purpose for which its use is being pushed. Whereas some have dyes in them others are just not safe to be worn on the nose and mouth. Speaking […]
Uganda moves to curb virus spread by truck drivers
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced new measures to control the spread of the coronavirus by lorry drivers after more than 20 entering the country from Kenya tested positive. The drivers won’t be allowed to carry passengers or to sleep in hotels or other people’s homes. Mandatory testing for Covid-19 has already caused huge traffic […]
Malawi gives cash to virus-hit households
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has announced an emergency cash transfer for the people worst affected by Covid-19. Eligible households will receive a monthly payment of 35,000 Malawian Kwacha ($47; £38) starting in May. The announcement came after the High Court in Malawi extended an order preventing the government from implementing a three-week total lockdown. Human […]
Maradona hopes ‘Hand of God’ can end pandemic
Argentine football legend Maradona says he hopes the “Hand of God” can beat the coronavirus pandemic after fate helped the club he coaches avoid relegation. Maradona’s La Plata-based Gimnasia side were saved from dropping out of the Argentine top-flight after the league was restructured because of the pandemic. The 59-year-old famously used his hand to […]
Upper East records 10 new COVID-19 cases
The Upper East Region has recorded ten new COVID-19 cases from three Districts, bringing the total number of cases to 18 and one death. The recorded cases included one in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, and one each in the Bawku West and Pusiga Districts. The Bolgatanga and Bawku Municipalities which earlier recorded cases have also recorded […]
Trump ‘promises to send ventilators to Nigeria’
Nigerian officials say US President Donald Trump has promised to send the West African nations ventilators to help it tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the BBC’s Chi Chi Izundu reports. In a phone call with President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Trump also re-assured Nigeria of the US’ solidarity and support during the outbreak, Nigerian government officials announced […]
Ghana prepares to resume domestic flights
The Kotoka International Airport is preparing to resume domestic flights on Friday, May 1. The airport was shut down for commercial flights as part of the directives implemented to help stop the spread of the coronavirus infection (COVID-19). As part of the preparations, Zoomlion Ghana Limited yesterday disinfected and fumigated the airport in readiness for […]
