COVID-19 Updates

Countries Across Europe Halt Flights from Britain over Concerns about Coronavirus Mutation

Countries Across Europe Halt Flights from Britain over Concerns about Coronavirus Mutation

A wave of European countries — and some beyond the continent, including Canada — are restricting travel from the United Kingdom amid mounting fears about an infectious new strain of…

Christmas Celebrations: Adhere to Coronavirus Protocols – Akufo-Addo

Christmas Celebrations: Adhere to Coronavirus Protocols – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the general public to adhere to the coronavirus safety protocols even as they prepare to celebrate Christmas.

Ghana Plans to Procure ‘Safe, Effective’ Coronavirus Vaccines

Ghana Plans to Procure ‘Safe, Effective’ Coronavirus Vaccines

Ghana is making plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines and all the necessary processes are being put in place to ensure it materialises, President Akufo-Addo has said.

South Africa Identifies New Coronavirus Strain Causing Surge in Cases

South Africa Identifies New Coronavirus Strain Causing Surge in Cases

South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, the health minister said on Friday, days after Britain said it had…

South Africans Fill COVID Testing Centres Amid Second Wave

South Africans Fill COVID Testing Centres Amid Second Wave

Coronavirus testing centres in South Africa are filling up as the country that has the most cases on the continent went into a second wave of the pandemic this month.

Coronavirus Impacts on Christmas Sales

Coronavirus Impacts on Christmas Sales

Traders and shoppers in the Central Business District of Accra have ignored the COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols as they struggle to engage in brisk business for Christmas.

Coronavirus: 'Ghana's Airports are Safe' - Travelers Reassured

Coronavirus: 'Ghana's Airports are Safe' - Travelers Reassured

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mrs Emma Akyea-Boakye, has reassured travellers that the country’s airports are safe.…

Coronavirus: Global Tourism Falls by more than 70% due to Pandemic - UNWTO

Coronavirus: Global Tourism Falls by more than 70% due to Pandemic - UNWTO

According to the latest tourism data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), destinations welcomed 900 million fewer international tourists between January and October when compared with the same…

U.S. FDA Advisory Panel Sets Stage for Moderna Vaccine Authorization

U.S. FDA Advisory Panel Sets Stage for Moderna Vaccine Authorization

A panel of outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second option…

Coronavirus Pandemic Rails Ghana’s Economy into a Recession

Coronavirus Pandemic Rails Ghana’s Economy into a Recession

Ghana’s economy has, for the first time in nearly four decades, experienced a recession for consecutively two quarters of 2020.