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28 Apr

Three Suspected Cases Of COVID-19 Recorded In Dormaa Municipality

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The Dormaa Municipal Health Directorate has recorded three new suspected cases of COVID-19, Daniel Kwame Owusu Amponsah, the Municipal Disease Control Officer has reported. Daniel Amponsah said samples had been taken to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra for further investigation and the Directorate was awaiting confirmation. He said the cases were recorded at the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital, adding that “those affected persons were immediately isolated and held at the Hospital, but they are all in good condition”. Daniel Amponsah gave the report at the first ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly…

21 Apr

Covid-19 And Russia/Ukraine War Are Not Only Contributors To Ghana’s Economic Woes – Fitch Solutions

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Fitch Solutions has dismissed the view that Ghana’s economic woes is largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian/Ukraine war. According to the research and market information firm, the country’s debt had reached alarming levels even before the external shocks set in. Responding to a question at a recent Sub Saharan Africa Macroeconomic Update, Senior Country Risk Analyst, Mike Kruiniger said both external and internal shocks caused the macroeconomic imbalances in the country. “I think the answer is, it’s been aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Those two are not the only cost to Ghana’s…

10 Apr

India Hospitals On Alert As Covid-19 Cases Rise

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India’s health ministry is conducting mock drills to check preparedness of hospitals to deal with rising Covid-19 cases. The drills are being held on Monday and Tuesday across the country. India’s active case count is relatively low but experts are urging caution to stop further spread of the disease. The country saw a deadly second wave in 2021 and the government came under criticism as many hospitals ran out of oxygen and critical care beds. India recorded close to 6,000 new cases on Sunday, government data shows. The active case count was 35,000. The surge in number is largely driven…

24 Mar

NDC Is Ghana’s Biggest Crisis Aside From COVID-19- Solomon Assante

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A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Solomon Assante has said that aside from COVID-19, another crisis Ghana has got to deal with is the NDC. He said that the country's economy is the number one priority of the NPP, to ensure that the good name of Ghana will be lifted higher. However, the NDC thinks differently. He further told Kwaku Dawuro on Movement in the morning show on Movement TV/ Wontumi Radio, that the only good statement the former President Mahama has ever made was when he advised his party members to work together to build the country's…

23 Feb

Collapse And Recovery: How COVID-19 Eroded Human Capital And What To Do About It

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COVID-19 (coronavirus), first detected in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, spread around the world, culminating in a global health emergency. It was quickly followed by a deep economic contraction in virtually every country. The world tumbled into recession, and the overall global gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 4.3 per cent in 2020. These figures hide immense human suffering. By December 2021, there were 14.9 million excess deaths globally—deaths attributable to the pandemic. Poverty increased dramatically. There were 70 million more people living in extreme poverty in 2020 than in 2019—an 11 per cent increase. To put things in…

27 Jan

Ghana Couldn’t Had Survived COVID-19 If Not For NPP- Ernest Frimpong

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A member of the communications team for the ruling New Patriotic Party, Ernest Frimpong, has said that Ghana could not had survived the effect of COVID-19 if not for the NPP Government. Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement in the morning show on Wontumi Radio/Movement TV, he said that God knew what will befall the world in 2020 and thus the reason Nana Addo won the 2016 elections- because had it not been for him with the help of God, Ghana couldn't had survived the dire effect of COVID-19. "Ghanaians have come to the realization of what the NPP government…

26 Jan

We’ll Address Issues Raised In COVID-19 Auditor General’s Report –Finance Ministry

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The Ministry of Finance has assured that it will address all issues raised in the report on the audit of the government’s Covid-19 expenditure by the Auditor-General. The report revealed some infractions in government’s expenditure for Covid-19 from March 2020 to June 2022. Some of the corrupt practices that were uncovered include; paying a total of $607,419.02 out of $4,049,460.12 for the purchase of 26 ambulances that were never delivered, paying an unapproved amount of ¢151,500 by the Information Ministry to its own staff as Covid-19 insurance, and paying for $80 million worth of vaccines by the government that was…

23 Jan

Information Ministry Paid Itself ¢151k As Covid-19 Allowance For Working During Lockdown – Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has directed that the Information Ministry refunds some ¢151,500 to its own management and staff without approval. This was revealed in Mr Asiedu’s audit of Covid-19 transactions for the period March 2020 to June 2022. The development reportedly ensued in 2020 during the lockdown at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. “During our review, we noted that senior management staff and other supporting staff of the Ministry of Information paid themselves a total amount of GH¢151,500.00 as COVID-19 risk allowance for coming to work during the lockdown,” the report stated. President Akufo-Addo at…

23 Jan

Paramount Chiefs Received ¢450k Out Of Unaccounted ¢605k Funds – Auditor-General

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The Auditor-General’s audit of Covid-19 expenditure has revealed that a sum of GH¢605,962 has been unaccounted for at the height of the pandemic. Breaking it down, the Audit Service noted that government contrary to the public financial management regulation distributed GH¢451,800.00 directly to the Paramount Chiefs of the Traditional Councils. This, according to the report, was to help Ghana’s fight against the pandemic. The report reveals that GH¢154,161.97 of the funds transferred was misapplied. “The Registrars of Ashanti and Central Regional Houses of Chiefs explained that the amounts were disbursed to the Paramount Chiefs upon directives from the Presidents of…

23 Jan

COVID-19: 26 Ambulances Bought For $4m Yet To Be Supplied – Auditor-General’s Report

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The Auditor-General’s report on Covid-19 has disclosed that the Ministry of Health agreed to buy 26 Toyota Hiace Deluxe ambulances for US$4,049,460.12 in December 2021, but the ambulances were never delivered. The report on expenditures for Covid-19 between March 2020 to June 2022, indicated that a total of US$607,419.02 out of US$4,049,460.12 was paid for the ambulances to be delivered by January 15, 2022. According to details of the report, as of November 28, 2022, no ambulance had been delivered. In the report, the Chief Director explained that the supplier for the ambulances applied for an extension of delivery date…