Local Ghana news headlines today

Two new deaths have pushed the death toll of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana to 322. 

An update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said as of Wednesday November 11, 2020, the number of active cases have dropped by 43.

This brings the total number of active cases from 1,519 as reported on Friday, November 13 to 1,473.

The number of persons discharged or recovered from the infection has also increased to 48,328.

According to the update four regions, North East, Savannah, Oti and Upper West have no cases of the disease, while the Greater Accra leads with 1,198 cases.

Out of 56,123 tests conducted on international travellers, 190 persons have tested positive.

The update also reported that 4 persons are in critical condition while 12 are in severe conditions.

The total number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases recorded in Ghana since the disease was first recorded on March 12, 2020 is now 50,123.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered for construction work to stop on the storey building at Ashaley Botwe School junction, which has attracted public discussion over safety concerns.

The Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, says the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) understated the bank statements of the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA).

The Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, claims his criminal investigations on former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr Adjenim Boateng Adjei, have been delayed because his investigators have been compromised.

Management of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have revised the Coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols for passengers travelling to Ghana.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has stated that history would give former President Jerry John Rawlings a "balanced place in the annals of our nation".

Ghana's State Protocol Department has published the schedule of personalities that will sign the Book of Condolence opened in memory of the late President Jerry John Rawlings on Monday, November 16, 2020.

Diabetes is one of the four leading non-communicable diseases in Africa and in Ghana contributing to the increasing disease burden and mortality.

The Comprehensive Development Initiative, a Winneba based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with support from the Trauma and Specialist Hospital has organised a free breast screening for women in three fishing communities in Winneba in Effutu Municipality.

The Upper East Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the Yellow Fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign in the Region.

The office of the late President Jerry John Rawlings, has announced that there will be no one-week ceremony to mark the date of his death.

THE Black Friday fever is catching on globally, and Ghana is not an exception. Almost all giant sales outlets across the country and online stores are coming up with competitive prices to attract consumers.

A concerned youth group of Amoaman within the Barekese Dam enclave in the Ashanti Region has petitioned the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to detail a security detachment to the dam site to monitor, arrest and deal ruthlessly with miscreants encroaching the land near the dam.

The family of former President Rawlings is appealing to the government to allow the remains of the late president to be buried in Keta in the Volta region.

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has made a proposal to Parliament to amend the University for Film, Journalism and Languages Bill, 2020 currently before the august House.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, he was committed to ensuring the continued retooling and transformation of the Ghana Armed Forces to enhance capacity.

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described the contributions of late former President Jerry John Rawlings to the development of Ghana as enormous and indicated the readiness of government to offer him a befitting state burial.

A Consultant Paediatric and Congenital Cardiologist at the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle Bu, Prof. Nana-Akyaa Yao, has advised parents to enquire about screening of the heart  of their newly born babies until the country’s  health system developed a national heart screening programme.

A physician who was formerly with the United Nations (UN), Dr Akshay Rath, has led a team of research scientists to manufacture a snake anti-venom purposely for the African continent.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates in 2020 in Ghana.