Ian Chute
24 July, 2021, 11:15 am
Ministry of Health and Medical Services permanent secretary, Dr. James Fong is followed by Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Jemesa Tudravu making their way for the press conference. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will recognise results of COVID-19 tests run by people on their own if they use any of the personal test kits (PTK) approved and listed by the World Health Organization (WHO), says Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr James Fong.
He said this while responding to queries on whether there were PTKs approved for use by the MOH after some PTKs were advertised for sale by medical clinics.
Zambian leader commissions Chinese-built power plant
Xinhua
24 Jul 2021, 06:44 GMT+10
CHIKANKATA, Zambia, July 23 (Xinhua) Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday launched a power plant in Chikankata district in the southern part of the country, saying it showed the government s commitment and resilience in ensuring that the country s electricity needs were secured. China s hydropower engineering and construction company Sinohydro is the main contractor of the project. The commissioning of the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Station was expected to add an additional 750 megawatts of power to the national grid. Lungu said the country has witnessed increased demand for electricity over the years resulting in increased investment in power generation and transmission infrastructure.
Jul 23, 2021 10:04:59 PM Fiji has recorded eleven new COVID-19 deaths and ten people succumbed to the virus at home as they did not get medical treatment on time. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong said with the high numbers of new daily cases, the ministry has witnessed an increase in severe cases of coronavirus. Dr Fong in a statement released tonight said the Health Ministry has also seen an increase in deaths as number of new daily cases surge. “Two women in the Central Division died of coronavirus at home, they are an 82-year-old woman of Samabula and a 56-year-old woman of Vatuwaqa. They were not vaccinated,” he said.
Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has verbally attacked his colleague lawmaker for Tamale North Alhassan Suhuyini who petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to invite him before the Privileges Committee of Parliament.
Mr Agyapong said he has not achieved anything in life and therefore he wants to set Ghana ablaze.
Suhuyini had said he felt obliged to raise the issues against his colleague Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong on the floor of the House because of his background as a journalist.
This comes after the Speaker Alban Bagbin has referred Mr Agyapong to the Privileges Committee of Parliament for his utterances against a journalist with the Multimedia Group, Erastus Asare Donkor.
Mazabuka ~ Sat, 24 Jul 2021
An 86-year-old paralyzed woman of Mazabuka’s Stage 2 Compound was found locked up in the house for hours on Friday in what neighbors are describing as a daily abuse.
A Byta FM News crew rushed to the house after a tip off from neighbours and found Sofia Mukweke, a Stroke patient locked up in a two roomed house that she shares with her daughter without food.
Some neighbors accuse the daughter, Mary Lambi of mistreating the old woman with some suggesting she beats up, accusations that she denies.
Lambi dismisses the accusations and tells Byta FM News that she only leaves her mother to look for food and money for rentals.