You can still get your favourite ‘waakye’ or any other food by the roadside to buy during the partial lockdown in Greater Accra and the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi..click on httpss://nkaros.data.blog
These vendors who sell local delicacies like porridge, waakye, kenkey, banku and many others can operate.httpss://nkaros.data.blog
“All persons who trade in the food value chain are EXEMPTED from the lockdown. Your waakye, kenkey, banku, porridge and other joints are allowed to open,” Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah announced at a press conference ahead of Monday dawn lockdown.httpss://nkaros.data.blog
httpss://nkaros.data.blog Customers who, however wish to sit and eat at such joints can no longer do so due to the outbreak. “But you are not allowed to sit there and eat. Buy the food, go eat elsewhere,” Hon Oppong Nkrumah added.
The Government of Ghana has set up a Covid-19 Fund to assist the needy and underprivileged communities during these dire times of corona virus pandemic. President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo updating Ghanaians on measures taken by the government together with health experts to curtail the outbreak of the virus, noted that the Fund will be used to cushion the public as the nation fights against covid-19.http://www.nkaros.data.blog/
In an address to the nation from the Jubilee House on Friday night, March 27, 2020, the President has authorized an independent Board of Trustees chaired by former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo to take charge of the fund.http://www.nkaros.data.blog/
Nana Addo pledged his 3month salary in the fight against Covid-19
President Akufo-Addo also pledged his three-month salary to the fund and encouraged corporate entities as well as noble Ghanaians to follow suit by donating into the fund to provide relief to the needy and destitute in society.http://www.nkaros.data.blog/
“I am announcing tonight the establishment of a covid-19 fund to be managed by an independent Board of Trustees and chaired by former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo to receive contributions and donations from the public to assist in the welfare of the needy and the vulnerable. I’ve directed the Controller-General to pay my next 3 months salary ie. April, May and June into this fund”, he said. The President further indicated that, as part of measures to protect the citizenry against the corona virus epidemic; parts of Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions including Tema have been placed under lockdown for two weeks; hence human and vehicular movements strictly restricted in the period of the lockdown.http://www.nkaros.data.blog/
He advised all Ghanaians to adhere to the precautionary measures laid down by the State authorities to safeguard the nation.http://www.nkaros.data.blog/ Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
The Maker’s House Chapel International, as part of measures to support Ghanaians in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, is embarking on a humanitarian mission to feed the needy and underprivileged in society. Believing in the doctrine of Jesus Christ to give to the poor and needy, the church has put initiatives in place to donate food items, bottled water, antibacterial hand wash, and hand sanitizers to individuals to help cushion them as well as fight against the spread of the virus, otherwise known as COVID-19.https://www.nkaros.data.blog
The initiative dubbed “Humanitarian Donation For The Needy And Destitute” will ensure that significant numbers of underprivileged individuals across the nation are able to fend for themselves and their households in these trying times. The donation is expected to reach over 1000 households all over the country.
According to the management of the church, any person in need of food items should follow these instructions in order to benefit from this kind gesture. Call 0208159507 and give them your location for food items to be delivered to you and your household.
Persons can also spot the church van’s with inscription “Emergency Food Relief Van” at certain locations to receive the various listed items. The items will be delivered for free and at no cost to the beneficiaries. The General Overseer of The Maker’s House, Dr. Michael Boadi Nyamekye explained that it’s a duty of the church to assist those who need help, particularly in dire times.
“These are indeed trying times and our humanity is being tested by the day. However, it’s our collective responsibility to stand with the poor and the needy in society. We and our partners, collectively, are reaching out to 1500 households in Ghana. People who need to be supported with food items regardless of your religious background or denomination! That’s our duty! #lets’standtogether #weareonepeople #tmh #bnmichaelministries”, a post by the General Overseer
The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has called for an urgent meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss and take decisions on a sub-regional response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic across the West African Region. Speaking during a Friday Muslim Prayer service to end three days of prayer and fasting called by the NDC, Mr Mahama, who is a former Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, argued that the meeting of the sub-regional leaders is important and urgent to help in curbing the spread of the disease across the neighbouring countries.
“It is important for the ECOWAS to arrange an urgent teleconference of our Heads of State to coordinate a subregion-wide response to the COVID-19 disease. This might include restriction of movement between our countries”, he noted. The prayer service, attended by the National Chief Iman Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, the Head of the Ahl-Sunnah al- Jamaat Sheikh Umar Ibrahim and other Muslim leaders followed a Christian service held on Sunday.
The NDC declared the three days of fasting and prayers to seek God’s intervention in the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country. Mr Mahama also urged the government to, as a matter of urgency, strengthen public health management procedures, and provide the needed resources and logistics for managing the pandemic. This, he said, is critical if “frontline healthcare workers are to have the confidence to continue to battle the disease.
“As has been outlined by our COVID Technical Team in its engagements, in addition to a concerted effort to provide regular, accurate and timely information, the government must work extra hard to ensure the implementation of adequate community mitigation measures”, Mr. Mahama added.
During the two-week partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi from Monday, March 30, the over 3.2 million residents in these areas have been advised by President Akufo-Addo to only leave their homes in search of essential items or activities. http://nkaros.data.blog
Among these essentials listed by the President are food, medicine and water.
Ghana currently has 141 known cases of the virus, five deaths and two recoveries.
This will be the first time under Ghana’s Fourth Republic that a President had stripped away a significant number of basic freedoms of citizens in the stead of other African countries like Rwanda and South Africa which have imposed strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The only activities that the average citizen will be allowed to undertake during this period will be banking transactions and the use of public toilet facilities.
As part of the lockdown, there shall be no inter-city movement of vehicles and aircraft for private or commercial purposes.
Only vehicles and aircrafts providing essential services and those carrying cargo will have some freedom to operate.
Motorists using motorbikes will not be allowed to carry any additional person whilst all intra-city passenger vehicles, such as trotros and taxis, have been directed to reduce the number of passengers.
This is in a bid to ensure appropriate social distancing and hygiene protocols.
“Additionally, all commercial vehicle stations shall observe appropriate hygiene protocols and social distancing. The Ministry of Transport has engaged the transport operators and unions in this regard,” the President noted in his address.
In the markets of the affected metropolises, only persons involved in the food value chain can operate in the markets during this period.
In effect, all persons involved in the growing, processing, and selling the food items will be able to make a living during this period.
But vendors of clothing, electrical gadgets, beauty products, among other everyday items, will not be able to trade for the 14 days of the lockdown.
On the operations of persons in the food value chain, the President said the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has also engaged with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies and the leaders of the market associations in the country to make satisfactory arrangements about the operation of the markets that ensure observance of social distancing and enhanced hygiene protocols.
Other workers who will be able to head to their jobs come Monday will be persons aligned to the production, distribution and marketing of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, medicine, paper and plastic packages, environmental and sanitation activities, road and railway construction workers, members of the security agencies, workers at fuel stations and staff of utility, telecommunications, e-commerce and digital service providers.
In addition, all members of the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary shall be exempt from the restrictions…..nkarosupdate
President Akufo-Addo has restricted movement in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. These areas have been identified as ‘hotspots’ of infections. The two-week lockdown will start from 1 am Monday, 30th March 2020 and it is pursuant to the powers granted the President under the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012).
Speaking in a 4th nationwide broadcast, Friday, the President said: “ We have succeeded in halting any more importations of the virus into our country, and I think the overwhelming majority of you for adhering to the good hygiene and social distancing protocols announced in my first broadcast to you”.
” If we act now purposefully we have a chance of preventing the escalation of our numbers…effective 1 am, 30th March 2020, I’ve imposed…restrictions on movement of persons in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA, which includes Awutu Senya East), and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan area and contiguous districts for a period of two weeks subject to review,” he added. Watch the full broadcast in the video below
Update on number of cases As at the evening of 27 March 2020, fifty-nine (59) COVID-19 cases including four (4) deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems. All the four (4) deaths had underlying chronic medical conditions. Two have recovered and have been discharged. The remaining fifty-three (53) cases are doing well: fourteen (14) are being managed at home. The rest are on admission and responding well to treatment. Greater proportion of those on treatment with mild symptoms and are awaiting repeat of their laboratory tests to inform decision to discharge them. Follow your reliable updates on Facebook:nkaroa#instagram:Nkaros Richards # you can also click here on
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count continues its upsurge unabated with confirmed figure now standing at 137, according to health officials.
The Ghana Health Service, per its Situation Update as at 19:00hrs GMT, of 27 March 2020 reports that, ” fifty-nine (59) COVID-19 cases including four (4) deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems.” Click https://www.Nkaros.data.blog.& Facebook : Nkaros Richards/Instagram:Nkaros Richards
A statement published on the GHS website said, ” all the four (4) deaths had underlying chronic medical conditions. “
All is not gloomy though as the GHS revealed that ” two have recovered and have been discharged. The remaining fifty-three (53) cases are doing well: fourteen (14) are being managed at home. The rest are on admission and responding well to treatment. Greater proportion of those on treatment with mild symptoms and are awaiting repeat of their laboratory tests to inform decision to discharge them.”
The statement further indicated that ” majority of the confirmed cases are Ghanaians, who returned home from other affected countries. Seven (7) are of other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, Netherlands, and United Kingdom. Seventy-eight (78) among the travelers (1,030 in number), who were mandatory quarantined and tested, have tested positive for COVID-19.”
On the issue of contact tracing , ” a total of 1,006 contacts have been identified and are being tracked.”
“Out of these, two hundred and four (204) have completed the 14 days mandatory follow up,” the statement read.
The Inspector-General of Police has withdrawn an order for a lockdown operation in Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Obuasi over the novel coronavirus pandemic. This is according to an internal police communique sighted. The communique said, “further directives on the contents will be issued in due course.” An earlier document from the police sighted indicated that police was putting a strategy in place for a lockdown. The police were to be supported by the Ghana Armed Forces, the Ghana Immigration Service and the Bureau of National Investigation. The joint operation highlighted a number of roads and areas that were to be “sealed” during the lockdown. In Accra for example, the Accra to Winneba route, the Accra to Kumasi route, the Accra to Akropong route and the Accra to Dodowa route, among others were cited for blocking by security personnel. In its threat analysis, the police service noted that there was the possibility of “agitations and adverse reactions against the lockdown order.” It also said there was “the likelihood of criminal elements taking advantage of the lockdown to loot businesses, stores and shops.” There were to be 24/7 roadblocks and snap checkpoints to ensure compliance with the lockdown.
The police were also to conduct “robust day and night patrols to enforce directives” per its strategy. All persons disregarding the lockdown faced arrest and prosecution. Manpower for the lockdown In view of this, the police service planned to “deploy all available uniform and plain cloth personnel for the operations.” https://Nkaros.data.blog The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) was to deploy “all traffic personnel to manage and enforce the lockdown.” The National Patrol Department was to release 200 personnel “including senior police officers and inspectorate to support the exercise.” The Criminal Investigation Department was also directed to released 400 personnel. Other parts of the service expected to provide manpower were the Operations department, the Police Hospitals, the Chief Staff Officer and the Regional Commanders. Last update on: Global Total Total in Ghana Comments TAGS #COVID-19 IGP
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Apostle Dr Safo the founder of the Kristo Asafo mission of Ghana together with his research team have come up with the idea of creating an antidote to cure the pandemic disease COVID 19.
His son Kwadwo Safo Jnr recently twitted that with the help of his father and his research team are in the process of creating a powerful antidote for the Covid 19
This did not come as a surprise to many Ghanaians since many believe that the great man has done a lot in terms of researches on many diseases. Many believe that this man has not gotten the attention he deserves that’s why we still poor as a country.
In the twitter post, Kwadwo Safo Jnr explained how his team has started with work to create the antidote. He cautioned Ghanaians to keep calm and follow preventive measures to protect themselves from the disease.
He asked for support from Ghanaians to support by believing in them to bring the best out to cure this disease
A possible lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak appears more imminent as a leaked document shows the Ghana Police Service has put in place a strategy to enforce the ban on movement. The “restricted document” is titled “Deployment strategy for lockdown of Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Obuasi” theghanareport.com has seen. The government has been under pressure to announce a lockdown at every news of an increase in infections. Ghana has so far recorded 136 cases of the deadly virus as of March 27, 2020 with the Upper West region recording its first case of the virus. Already, there is a ban on public gathering, the worst hit being churches and mosques. That ban announced March 15, 2020 was followed by the president’s order on March 21, 2020 to close the country’s borders to prevent imported cases of the virus. But with another weekend coming, there are indications, the government’s measures will be escalated. The police service document only dated March 2020 reads, “it is anticipated that a partial to full lockdown of some parts of the country will be executed in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.”
Ghana Police Service prepares for lockdown
The police has strategized to seal of 15 routes within Accra, Tema and Kumasi. They are also prepared to “mount 24/7 road blocks, snap checkpoints” and also “robust day and night patrols.” The document states that all offenders will be arrested and detained. The operation is to be a joint exercise with the armed forces, immigration officers and the Bureau for National Investigation. Ghana becomes the sixth African country to announce a lockdown as the continent watches the ravaging effects of coronavirus in Europe. South Africa, Libya, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Mali, DR Congo have all locked down. Coronavirus, also called covid-19, spreads through physical contact. Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, summed up what experts say is the best way to deal with the spread. “The virus doesn’t move. It needs me and you to move. If you stop, the virus stops” Last update on: Global Total Total in Ghana Source: theghanareport.com Comments TAGS CORONAVIRUS GHANA POLICE SERVICE Nkaros on Facebook#http://www.Nkaros.data.blog http://www.cedinews.com Abdul-Rahman Musah is an award winning blogger and a founder of CediNews.com. He’s the head of educational news contents on CediNews.com. Get interactive with him on the following phone numbers +233503916684 / +233557093036 LEAVE A REPLY Log in to leave a comment Home News Coronavirus: Police prepares for possible lockdown announcement 240 Unlimited Videos @ GHC 2/day OPEN Unlimited Videos @ GHC 2/day OPEN Cases Deaths Recovered Cases Deaths Recovered Cases Per Million Cases Today Deaths Today Critical Active
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