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Government to set up temporary treatment centres in Ashanti Region

July 14, 2020 Government is setting up additional COVID-19 treatment centres at yet to be completed hospital facilities in the Ashanti Region. This is to ease pressure on already existing treatment...

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July 14, 2020 / Comments (0)

Criteria for releasing COVID-19 patients from isolation

June 20, 2020 Background On 27 May 2020, WHO published updated interim guidance on the clinical management of COVID-19, and provided updated recommendations on the criteria for discharging patients from...

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June 20, 2020 / Comments (0)

Government increases LEAP beneficiaries’ stipend in wake of COVID-19

June 8, 2020 The government has increased the amount of money paid to beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to cushion them against the devastating economic...

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June 8, 2020 / Comments (0)

COVID-19: Ghana and rest of Africa losing out of air transport business despite global recovery

June 5, 2020 Ghana’s borders remain closed. This is because right from the beginning, it was observed that the early cases of COVID-19 recorded in the country were imported. Other countries on the...

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June 5, 2020 / Comments (0)

OMCs to increase petroleum prices by 14%, Bost margin and ex-refinery price major factors

June 4, 2020 The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) has said that by end of this week its members will increase petroleum prices by a minimum of 14 percent. Kwaku Agyemang Duah, the...

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June 4, 2020 / Comments (0)

BoG releases GH¢5.5 billion to support Covid-19 fight

May 29, 2020 The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has released the first tranche of GH¢5.5 billion of the GH¢10 billion emergency facility the government is seeking to support residual expenditures to cushion the...

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May 29, 2020 / Comments (0)

Income Tax Act amended to assist specific tier 3 contributors affected by COVID-19

May 2, 2020 Parliament has amended the Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2015 to exempt withdrawals from third tier Provident funds and personal pension schemes from tax. This is to cushion only contributors...

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May 2, 2020 / Comments (0)

Coronavirus: Africa must keep trade borders open – World Bank

April 20, 2020 The World Bank has advised African governments to keep their trade borders open for business despite the coronavirus outbreak, in order to ensure the free flow of medical supplies, food and...

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April 20, 2020 / Comments (0)

President lifts ban on restrictions of movement

April 20, 2020 President Akufo-Addo has lifted the ban on restrictions on movement in the areas where lockdown was imposed three weeks ago. The decision, the President noted, is due to the rigorous...

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April 20, 2020 / Comments (0)

G20 countries agree debt freeze for world’s poorest countries

April 20, 2020 Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Wednesday to suspend debt service payments for the world’s poorest countries through the end of the year, a move quickly...

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April 20, 2020 / Comments (0)