Tag: covid-19
COVID-19 Response: GIADEC extends outreach to Ashanti Region
Two districts in the Ashanti region have received PPEs and hygiene products to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. They are the Ahafo Ano South...
Kenya loses first doctor to Covid-19
In Kenya, doctors are mourning a colleague who died after contracting coronavirus, the country's main medics' union is saying.
A colleague described the medic as...
Voters Registration: Enhance Safety Protocols – CODEO to EC
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has called on the Electoral Commission to as a matter of urgency "consider additional mechanisms for enhancing...
Nigeria’s Cross River state doctors begin strike
Doctors in Cross River state in southern Nigeria have started an indefinite strike over poor coronavirus management.
It’s the only state in the country where...
Madagascar imposes lockdown to curb coronavirus infections
Madagascar has placed one of its main regions, which covers the capital, Antananarivo, back under a strict lockdown following a surge in coronavirus infections.
The...
Covid-19: Women’s Rights Groups in Ghana Enjoy Funding from Canada
The Global Affairs Canada and the High Commission of Canada have provided additional funding to women’s rights groups in Ghana, in its ongoing Women’s...
Tanzania shuts centres handling Covid-19 patients
Tanzania has closed most centres designated to handle Covid-19 patients.
The government said that a significant drop in the number of coronavirus infections led to...
Strike leaves Sierra Leone Covid patients ‘without care’
A doctors' strike in Sierra Leone has left Covid-19 patients in some of the main treatment centres without care.
The doctors say they were promised...
‘CORONA QUACKS’: The Problem with Anas Aremeyaw Anas
Watching Anas Aremeyaw Anas' exposé on the shameless quackery that makes Ghana's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic no easier, I was disappointed. The sequel...
COVID-19: Provision of free water over – Ghana Water
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced that the provision of free water as part of the Covid-19 relief package ends at the...