News of Thursday, 2 April 2020

Arrest them, you have no rights to touch anybody - CHRAJ Boss to soldiers

5 coronavirus hotspots identified in Kumasi for mass testing

Parliament approves $700,000 for families of isolated coronavirus patients – Minority says it’s inadequate

Agbogba residents join firefighters with buckets of water to douse fire

Korle-Bu doctors threaten to strike over poor coronavirus preparedness

Eyes on the Ground: Lashibi food providers give up spaces, join lockdown on Day 4

$100m coronavirus fund: We’ve approved $35m; how will Akufo-Addo fill $65m gap – Avedzi

Coronavirus: GNPC Foundation donates items to Central Region

Fight against COVID-19 requires attitudinal change – Isaac Adongo

Repurpose $3bn Eurobond proceeds, don’t touch Heritage Fund – NDC’s coronavirus team to govt

Coronavirus: GIS goes after tenants who entered Ghana in March

Gunshot at Kasoa Gada over distribution of MP’s rice, 2 injured

Africa Centre for Peace Building launches website to fight coronavirus

Coronavirus: Preaching to an imaginary congregation not easy – Sam Korankye Ankrah

Bishop Titi-Ofei retracts building offer for Coronavirus isolation centre after protests

Coronavirus: Give us financial clearance now, the nation needs us – Jobless nurses

Give more attention to coronavirus updates – Assibey Antwi urges media

Coronavirus: Embark on nationwide mass testing – NDC team urges government

RE: 51 Ghanaian students on govt scholarship cry over neglect in India

Coronavirus: First Lady launches Relief Box Challenge to provide food for vulnerable in society

FAKE NEWS: Schools not resuming on April 14

We have not invested students’ stipends for profit – Ghana High Commission to India

Lockdown: 60-year-old narrates how she was brutalized by police

49 Ghanaian students on their way to study in elite USA universities

Ghana's coronavirus case count hits 204

I'm happy coronavirus is in Ghana - Akpaloo

I'm gratified by how my Veronica Buckets are saving the world – Inventor

Govt begins processes to expand coronavirus testing centers

Storm rips off Asankragwa SHS roofing, five kids hospitalised

Fire guts factory, houses at Agbogba

Eyes on the Ground: Tesano becomes ghost town as residents abandon streets, shops

Airbus saga: Amidu should know better, it's pointless inviting these foreigners - Inusah Fuseini

Coronavirus: Time to initiate needed socio-economic reforms – CDD

Lockdown: Traders, buyers at Agbogbloshie market ignore order

Lockdown: IGP wants police officer who assaulted woman probed

Coronavirus: VSA donates GHS100,000 worth of sanitizers to Ghana Health Service

OCP Africa partners Agrihouse Foundation to train Agric students

Coronavirus: Government conducts final test for quarantined persons

Eyes on the Ground: Parts of Kwashiebu-Kwashieman go 'dead' on day 4 of lockdown

Coronavirus: Western Region records 8 new suspected cases

Government targets 90% electricity access rate by 2020

New 'coronavirus' budget: 'We're pushing for reliefs, postponements' – Ofori-Atta

Lockdown: Eight face court for loitering at Bosomtwe

Today in 2017: It is no secret Members of Parliament take bribe – Bernard Mornah

Some coronavirus patients in Tamale are sex workers - Minister reveals

International Human Rights Commission Ghana appoints interim leaders

Cutting down ministers, staffers for Coronavirus Alleviation Programme irrelevant – Ofori-Atta

U.S. court to reconsider case of Ghanaian gay asylum seeker

Six Burkinabes sneaking into Ghana busted at Babile

Akandoh demands distribution plan for coronavirus PPE

ICGC donates GHC100k to Covid-19 Trust Fund

Dare me if my words are untrue – Evangelist throws challenge to Owusu Bempah

Coronavirus is no respecter of persons – Ho MP

Airbus Scandal: Allow Amidu to do his work - Maurice Ampaw to NDC

Samples taken from Indian coronavirus patient’s employees

Ghana, US soldiers tackle coronavirus

Coronavirus: StarTimes encourage customers to use online platforms for recharge

Ghana ready to add nuclear to energy mix - Frimpong Boateng

Coronavirus Fund: We’ll manage with half salaries for 3 months – Eugene Arhin

Coronavirus: Bosomtwi DCE imposes 12 noon lockdown on residents

Lebanon to investigate Ghanaian domestic worker's death

‘Agyeman Manu’s BoG hospital comment shameful’ - Public Health Advocate

Health Minister ‘misspoke’ on treatment of VIPs at BoG hospital – Oppong Nkrumah

The world will never be the same after 'dangerous' coronavirus - Inusah Fuseini

Coronavirus: Methodist Church Ghana donates to govt, health institutions

Akandoh takes a dig at Napo over 'ignorant' tag

Coronavirus: Mother, two sons in quarantine in Bongo

Ghana Medical Association calls for calm as coronavirus cases in Ghana increase

Ambassador Boateng leads team of experts in a virtual dialogue on coronavirus China experience

Coronavirus: Comply with lockdown directive – Apostle Nyamekye

Porridge seller dies in freak motor crash in Kumasi

Coronavirus: We're employing 2017/18 batch of nursing trainees – Abban

Coronavirus: Be 'firm but fair' in enforcing lockdown – Mahama to security officials

Coronavirus spreads to 5 regions

Coronavirus: John Boadu donates to Assin Fosu Municipal Health Directorate

You’ll be dealt with for brutalizing civilians - IGP warns

Lockdown: Action Chapel provides food for church members

Coronavirus has resurrected Mahama’s abandoned health projects – Omane Boamah

Lockdown: Stop testing the soldiers – Dep. Defence Min. warns

Afram Plains: Rainstorm rips off 60 houses 2 injured, 460 displaced

Create jobs for the youth – President charges Assembly members

Lockdown in Ghana could have been done differently – KNUST lecturer

Coronavirus patients from Ghana denied access in home countries

Government courts support of herbalists to fight coronavirus

Today at the news stands

We’re targeting 50,000 tests in 6 weeks – Information Minister

GAF partners US Embassy to combat Coronavirus

Our hospital is for the benefit of the general public – BoG contradicts Health Minister

Rotary donates PPEs to frontline health workers

CDD-Ghana proposes body cameras for security officials involved in lockdown duties

Government has no justification to use Heritage Fund to fight coronavirus - Dr Manteaw

Coronavirus: 46 patients are being traced in Upper West Region

Three MPs donate quantities of PPE to Assin GHS

Coronavirus: Don’t do something silly and hope God will protect you – Otabil

Be courageous and don't despair, we shall overcome coronavirus - Boakye Agyarko

Over 50 coronavirus vaccine trials ongoing - WHO

Coronavirus: 'Panic is helpful, we need a healthy dose of it' - Kwesi Pratt

'Market women are not taking precautionary measures serious' - NCCE lament

Govt implementing programmes to cushion vulnerable persons against coronavirus crisis

Akufo-Addo's 307 ambulances have mobile ventilators to support coronavirus patients - Dr. Nsiah-Asare

Mahama reacts to lockdown attacks

Lockdown: Stay at home - Police reiterates

Over half of 50,000 test kits ordered has arrived - Health Minister

Coronavirus: 4,560 tests conducted so far - Ghana Health Service

Cop beaten at Bekwai manhunt for suspects

Lockdown: 5 thieves arrested at Kumasi yam market

Coronavirus outbreak: 2020 elections should be cancelled - Kofi Jumah

NDC must be locked down, released after 2020 polls – John Boadu

Akufo-Addo’s $100 million for coronavirus fight was a complete scam – Sammy Gyamfi

Coronavirus: Election 2020 should be cancelled - Kofi Jumah

Lockdown: Let’s do more to help the poor – Mahama

Coronavirus: Stay home even if your area isn’t affected – Mahama pleads

Lockdown: Stop brutalizing civilians, we're not at war - Sammy Gyamfi

Airbus scandal: Mere receipt of payment doesn’t mean bribery or corruption - Mahama’s Aide

Parliament approves World Bank funds to combat coronavirus

Ahomka-Lindsay donates medical equipment, supplies to Kumawu Constituency

NEIP boss donates PPEs to frontline workers in Ejisu

Lawyer provides PPEs to fight coronavirus in the Nabdam district

75 major markets in Volta Region to be closed for fumigation exercise

Ellembelle DCE donates 250 Veronica buckets, other items to combat Coronavirus

Lockdown: Thieves are stealing our goods – Asafo market traders lament

Unapproved border routes a big challenge in fight against Coronavirus – Kasena Nankana West DCE.

Fire guts Assemblies of God church in Ho

E/R: MP assures Akyem Anyinasin residents of good roads and security after robbery attack

TMA takes stock of lockdown implementation

Two markets closed for violating health protocols

Coronavirus: NCCE intensifies public education in Upper East

Samartex donates GHC5,000 and hand sanitizers to Wassa Amenfi West Assembly

STMA/EKMA gear up to combat coronavirus

Coronavirus: CWSA supports institutions with hand washing facilities

Government disinfects North East Region markets

All our contractors must provide handwashing facilities – NDA

Angry residents chase out lockdown escapees

Mpraeso caucus donates PPEs to Kwahu South District Assembly

Deiga urges residents of Peki to isolate 'returnee' relatives

Gbi Traditional Council suspends book of condolence, calls for quarantine of ‘lockdown escapees’

Coronavirus: Sissala East MP donates to GHS

Pharmaceutical companies offer hope for speedy coronavirus vaccine

Coronavirus: 'Don’t leave us out of PPE distribution' – Private health facilities plead

Let's protect the wisdom of aged against coronavirus

Tumu Kouro holds meeting with sub chiefs over coronavirus

Tobinco CEO urges FDA to exercise strict measures on bottling of sanitizers

Huawei supports Ghana's fight against Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Liranz continues to support its clients remotely

Storage of LPG, other flammable products and the possibility of fire outbreak in our homes

Rotary Club donates PPE to Association of Doctors in Residency

Hopeworks Ghana educate children with special needs on coronavirus

Re: 51 Ghanaian students on government scholarship cry over neglect in India

NDC youth chase contractor from site in Evalue Gwira

Standard Chartered Ghana Limited offers coronavirus relief to its clients