NEWS IN GHANA

Joseph Kobla Wemakor The worse form of an accident or calamity is the scars it leaves in the minds, and bodies of its victims, and COVID-19 is surely not going to fade away without leaving some marks out here. One such big issue today is the stigmatization of those who have recovered. The worse form of it all is that this kind of stigmatization happens when people suspect you of having the virus without the proof of a medical test, they easily conclude among themselves that you have contracted the disease therefore they tend to avoid you. Not to even talk about the survivors or those who have been cured of the terrible disease. The era of the lockdown we were told also brought about some degrees of domestic violence perpetrated by some husbands on their wives since it made it possible for people to stay at home with their families. For instance, in Ghana, the lockdown period lasted for three weeks after which it was lifted.  Unfortunately, during the period,...

The world has been brought to its knees by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic nCoV (COVID-19). The global pandemic which has claimed numerous lives and still counting had left the huge majority of the populace bedridden. As deadly as virus can be, the novel coronavirus has brought untold hardships to many around the world and still continues to wreak havoc without control. Since its emergence late last year at Wuhan in China, the fearful disease has spread nearly to every country in the world and killed some 177,424 people and infected more than 2.5 million with 681,842 recoveries made recently, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University. The World Health Organization (WHO) has since been compelled to come out with protocols which was adopted by countries all over the world in an attempt to prevent the spread and instigate the flattening of the curve for COVID-19 cases. The approach adopted globally has predominately been a partial lockdown of all ...