Novavax, Johnson &Johnson vaccines prove effective against COVID-19 ‘and its new variants’

January 30, 2021

US pharmaceutical companies Novavax and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have announced that their respective COVID-19 vaccines have proven effective in preventing the most serious coronavirus symptoms. Novavax reported that its NVX-CoV2373 vaccine ...

BoG Invites Applications for Primary Dealers and Bond Market Specialists

Ghana Petroleum Funds Decline by 17 percent- BoG

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January 29, 2021

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The Bank of Ghana has intimated that the total net income realised to petroleum funds in H2 2020 reduced to US$8.93 million to close the year from US$10.76 million same ...

Tullow Plans to ensure producing assets in West Africa reach full potential

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January 29, 2021

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The Chief Executive Officer of Tullow Oil Plc, Rahul Dhir, has intimated that amidst the global crises and economic hardship wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, his outfit plans to focus ...

GhQR Code, an Ideal Form of Payment amidst the Pandemic

Pandemic Accelerates Digital Economy with Transactions Value up 16%

by thevaultz

January 28, 2021

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The Ghana Interbank Payment & Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has released a report on how the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected global commerce and payments behaviour indicating that the ...

Over 90,000 in the US to die from COVID-19 in four weeks- White House projects

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January 28, 2021

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Health experts from the Biden administration have announced a projection that as many as 90,000 more in the US will die from the coronavirus in the next four weeks as ...

FSI’s need explore digital transformation from inside out

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January 27, 2021

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The recent global crises wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has necessitated that most Financial Services Industry (FSI) firms continue to effectively leverage digital technologies to innovate and improve the customer ...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 100 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University data, just over a year since the first officially diagnosed case of the deadly virus. During the past 12 months, the pandemic has forced governments to order lockdowns, curfews, travel bans and other public health restrictions in a bid to stem the spread of infections. Economies have been hard hit in almost every country in the world. Data from the Johns Hopkins University also reveals that more than 2.1 million people around the world have died from COVID-19, and more than 55 million people have recovered from the disease. The three worst-affected countries - the US, India and Brazil - account for more than two-fifths of all global cases. At more than 25 million, the US has the highest number and has suffered more than 400,000 deaths. India is the second worst-hit country, having recorded more than 10 million cases and more than 150,000 deaths. With nearly nine million, Brazil has fewer cases but more deaths than India - at least 217,000. Additionally, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the country he is "deeply sorry for every life that has been lost" as the UK became the first in Europe and the fifth in the world to record more than 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, January 27. The Prime Minister said it is "hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic" and described it as an "appalling and tragic loss of life". "I think on this day I should just really repeat that I am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and, of course, as I was prime minister I take full responsibility for everything that the government has done." Despite the development of more effective treatments for the coronavirus and the roll out of vaccines across dozens of countries, mutant strains of the virus recently detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil have created uncertainty about the potency of the vaccines against the virus. US infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci said earlier this month that vaccines are designed to recognise multiple parts of the spike protein, which makes it unlikely a single mutation could be enough to prevent them from being effective. However, he warned last week that current vaccines may not be as effective in protecting against the new and more contagious strains. The head of the World Health Organization has however called for more equitable vaccine distribution between nations, as wealthier countries have been accused of “hoarding” doses. Mr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this month that prospects for equitable distribution are at “serious risk” as the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme aims to start distributing inoculations to developing nations in February. He added that a “me-first approach” to distribution places the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities at risk and “will only prolong the pandemic”. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also urged against a vaccine race between richer countries, saying that a multilateral effort was the best way to exit the coronavirus pandemic. Ms Merkel added that it was also essential to support programs subsidizing poor countries' access to vaccines. "It has become even clearer to me than it was before that we need to choose a multilateral approach, that a self-isolating approach won't solve our problems. "We see that first of all in the question of vaccination since it is the route out of the pandemic. Money is one thing, but the other thing in a time of scarcity is the availability of the vaccine. Here it's about a fair distribution, and not about a question of money. "Let's not kid ourselves, the question of who gets which vaccine in the world will of course leave new wounds and new memories because those who get such emergency help will remember that."

Global COVID-19 cases surpasses 100 million mark

by thevaultz

January 27, 2021

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 100 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, just over a year since the first officially diagnosed case of the ...

COVID-19 introduces several risks in the banking sector

Global Financial Markets Stressed by The Pandemic

by thevaultz

December 18, 2020

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The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Yedu Addison has intimated that the “global financial markets were also stressed” during the coronavirus pandemic that hit the global shores ...

India’s ‘tragic’ Covid-19 crisis highlights global inequality- Fauci

UK vaccine approval ‘less deep’ than US

by thevaultz

December 4, 2020

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The White House's chief immunologist, Dr Anthony Fauci has indicated that he believes the British approval of the Pfizer COVID vaccine has been done in a "much less deep" way ...

Chief Osei Bonsu who is popularly known as Tulenkey in the entertainment terrain has mentioned that Coronavirus has slowed his business down massively,in an interview on a popular radio station in Accra.

CORONAVIRUS HAS SLOWED EVERYTHING-TULENKEY

by Stephen M.C

November 26, 2020

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Chief Osei Bonsu who is popularly known as Tulenkey in the entertainment terrain has mentioned that Coronavirus slowed his business down massively, in an interview on a popular radio station ...

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Novavax, Johnson &Johnson vaccines prove effective against COVID-19 ‘and its new variants’

Ghana Petroleum Funds Decline by 17 percent- BoG

Tullow Plans to ensure producing assets in West Africa reach full potential

Pandemic Accelerates Digital Economy with Transactions Value up 16%

Over 90,000 in the US to die from COVID-19 in four weeks- White House projects

FSI’s need explore digital transformation from inside out

Global COVID-19 cases surpasses 100 million mark

Global Financial Markets Stressed by The Pandemic

UK vaccine approval ‘less deep’ than US

CORONAVIRUS HAS SLOWED EVERYTHING-TULENKEY

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