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The country’s active Covid-19 cases have increased to 13,025, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. In its latest update, the Service said as of December 31, 2021, a total of 1,084 new cases were recorded, while three people succumbed to the virus. Per the Services’ data, there have been …

Ranking member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has encouraged Ghanaians to brace up for more economic hardships in 2022. In a Facebook post on Sunday, January 2, he predicted that there will be an increase in general goods while “the Ghanaian cedi, now trading at almost ¢6.5 …

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to the hospital in São Paulo early Monday morning with a blockage in his intestine. Bolsonaro is suffering an “intestinal subocclusion,” according to a statement from the Vila Nova Star Hospital. The president is stable, in treatment and will be reevaluated this morning by …

A 2019 study by conservation organization Oceana, conducted in the U.S., found that one in five fishes tested in restaurants and markets was mislabeled. What does this mean for you? This means that consumers could be paying double the price for fish like wild-caught salmon but were served the farmed …

Twenty-eight lives were lost due to road accidents during the Christmas festivities. Some 148 individuals also suffered various injuries as 133 accidents occurred between 24th and 26th December 2021. This is according to data compiled by the Ghana Police Service’s Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD). Road crashes remain an issue of …

End of year church services should be held online or in open spaces – GHS The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is proposing that end-of-year church services should be held either online or in open spaces, as part of measures to curtail the spread of the virus during the Christmas festivities. …

The country’s Covid-19 death toll currently stands at 1,263, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This is a result of eight deaths recorded within the last four days. As of December 12, the death toll was 1,255. In its latest update, the Service reported a surge in the country’s …

The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein more than $728 million (£500 million), in one of the largest divorce settlements ever handed down by a UK court. The figure will be used to cover Princess Haya’s security …

Former Mayor of Accra, Nat Nunoo-Amarteifio, passed away on Monday, close family sources have confirmed. The cause of death is not immediately known, according to a report by Asaaseradio.com. He was mayor of Accra between 1994 and 1998 in the late J.J. Rawlings administration. Mr Nunoo-Amarteifio went into lecturing in …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will on Wednesday December 22, launch the e-pharmacy digital platform in Accra. At his recent digital economy public lecture at Ashesi University, the Vice President revealed that steps had been taken to digitize the operations of pharmacies in the country, and the realisation of …