out around the world especially in the era of the pandemic. an authority outdoor ways to promote the use of ict as a mode of teaching and learning for schools in ghana. an institute appealed to the government to invest in it infrastructure to help in online studies. students of obuasi sec/tech created a 'touchless bin' in the fight against the virus. stu adopted virtual learning tools to curb the spread of the virus. a digital healthcare provider launched a 'drive through services' to help in acquiring pcr test for the virus. teachers were taught by a tech company to construct a mechanism to curb the spread of the virus. an app would be used in the deployment of the covid-19 vaccine in the country. a vaccination app would be adopted to book an appointment before going to the vaccination centre. the church was claimed to have shifted to technology for sermons and revenue collection due to the pandemic. on 23 march, a tracker for covid-19 response funds was launched by budgit ghana and connected development (code), in collaboration with send ghana, a civil society organisation (cso) to monitor how government uses monies received. 3 knust students built a solar-powered automatic handwashing station. hologram and qr code feature was said to be embedded on the covid-19 user card to authenticate vaccination status. education further information: impact of the covid-19 pandemic on education in ghana agriculture according to the uer director of the department of agriculture, covid-19 affected the food production in 2020 farming season. national food buffer stock company claimed food was available to feed students and the impacts of covid-19 in schools in 2020. covid-19 relief items were donated to more than 700 farmers in the western region. an ngo urged the government to develop the local seed system in the era of the pandemic. a report by unicef and the wfp claimed the pandemic brought about nutrition crisis. the pandemic with another factor was claimed to force farmers to go into charcoal production. mofa with support from wfp to share $1.5 million to about 5,000 farmers due to the impact of the pandemic. gss in partnership with undp and giz conducted an agribusiness tracker survey to track the impact of the pandemic on agribusiness in the country. media foreign media reportage on the president's address to the nation focused on a number of vital areas. zoomlion claimed it would embark on a disinfection exercise in all media houses. the media was commended by the government for the coverage of rawlings' funeral to avoid crowd at the funeral grounds. a news station was commended by the covid-19 icu team leader for educating the public. the media was advised to support the campaign to make the public take the covid-19 vaccine. some workers in the media received the covid-19 vaccine. the number of media staff and journalists were to be reduced in the parliament to observe the safety protocols. a journalist from ghone tv won the icfj global contest on the reporting of covid-19. the media especially the radio was commended for educating the public on covid-19. entertainment a musician revealed he would temporarily close his business venture because of the pandemic. a rapper claimed covid-19 exposed the country's creative arts sector as an unplanned industry. mr. drew, a ghanaian musician claimed artistes' economic conditions were bad due to the pandemic. musiga launched a campaign to halt the spread of the virus. musiga featured celestine donkor, kofi kinaata, amandzeba, pat thomas and other musicians to release a song to educate on covid-19 and how to fight against it. tourism the gta announced some measures the industry could take to curb the spread of the virus. the gta also revealed it would enforce the observance of the safety protocols in tourist sites and other facilities. the gta claimed there was a reduction of tourism in the country in 2020 due to the pandemic, due to the travel restrictions the gta claimed it would help the country's tourism despite the impacts by the pandemic. the gta partnered with others to donate ppes and other items to gma. the gta donated items to kumasi south hospital to halt the spread of the virus. an association assured the gta its members would observe the covid-19 protocols. hotels in sekondi-takoradi were claimed to have complied with the president's laid down rules. the president of ghana hotels association claimed some hotels were 'struggling and suffering' due to the impact of the virus. health workers in bolgatanga regional hospital were advised by the gta in the upper east region to strengthen fight against the virus. reopening process on 19 april 2020, it was announced by the president of ghana in his address to the nation that the partial lock down that had been imposed three weeks earlier was lifted but the other preventive protocols were still in effect. on 11 may 2020, the government of ghana through the office of the ghana tourism authority, gave hotels, bars and restaurants permission to reopen but to operate under enhanced social distancing procedures. stage one of the process of easing restrictions took effect on 5 june 2020. religious services, funerals, and weddings were allowed with reduced capacity and length. on 20 august, a 10-member committee was inaugurated by the minister of education to advise and deliberate on re-opening of schools. by june, schools where partially reopened as only bece and wassce candidates were permitted to remain in school under social distancing protocols. eighteen thousand veronica buckets, 800,000 pieces of 200-millilitre sanitizers, 36,000 rolls of tissue paper, 36,000 gallons of liquid soap and 7,200 thermometer guns have also been distributed to schools, according to the president. the president nana akufo-addo in his address to the nation announced that all nursery, kindergarten, primary, jhs 1, shs 1 students have had the rest of their academic year postponed until january 2021. on 1 september, the air boarders of the nation were reopened. on 31 august, the moh claimed ghana has put in place enough measures to detect possible covid-19 cases at kia. according to the director of the ghs, children under the five years, air crew and passengers on transit would not undergo testing for covid-19 at the kia. travelers arriving to ghana by air were expected to pay us$150 for covid-19 test as part of measures to control the spread of the virus in ghana. on 20 september, the ghanaian president lifted the ban on football as he announced the ghana premier league and division one football league shall resume in october, 2020. seat capacity in stadiums were reduced with the accra sports stadium for instance accommodating 9,500 supporters for the 2020–21 ghana premier league. however, beaches, cinemas nightclubs and pubs were still closed due to covid-19. the ghana women's premier league was set to begin in january 2021 after the government placed a ban on all football related activities in march 2020 due to covid-19. following the lifting of the ban on football government with the gfa begun the covid-19 testing of players and club members of ghana premier league clubs on 22 october. on 15 january, the president announced the reopening of schools at all levels in his 21st address to the nation. world health organization reports main article: world health organization response to the covid-19 pandemic in africa united nations reports on 1 september, the un office in ghana released a booklet on messages covering covid-19 preventive and impact measures. on 24 september, the un global conduct, undp and the icc collaborated with other partners in the sharing of vital information to local environments with the objective of recovering better from covid-19 pandemic. on 28 september, ghana with other 4 countries were selected to receive financial benefit from the covid-19 private sector global facility established by the undp, un global compact and icc. on 7 october, the un supported ghana with some funds to aid the country's recovery from covid-19 pandemic. on 19 november, the un deputy secretary-general toured the un covid-19 field hospital in accra. on 1 december, report from unaids claimed covid-19 might result in hiv infections and aids-related deaths. on 4 december, the unicef donated medical items claimed to be worth $40,000 to the ghs to fight against the pandemic. on 20 december, report from undp claimed the covid-19 pandemic would not be the last crisis to affect the globe. on 23 december, the undp ghana announced 22 winners of its covid-19 innovation challenge. on 13 january, unesco cautioned education was likely to reduce by 12% due to the impact of covid-19. unicef claimed the shutting of schools due to the pandemic would affect children. on 14 january, a report from unowas claimed countries in west africa and the sahel region continued to face difficulties caused by the pandemic. on 18 january, the un peace ambassador to the country urged the government to make the testing of covid-19 free for all. on 20 january, the unicef lauded the government for its decision for schools to reopen. on 27 january, the un coordinator in the country said parents should provide their wards with nose masks. on 5 february, the unicef, denmark and ghana launched a covid-19 response partnership. on 9 february, a registry with the support from wfp collected information of ghanaians in some regions for relief items. on 26 february, unicef in partnership with the government of china presented some equipment to ghs to support children during the pandemic. world bank responses on 14 october, the board of executive directors of the world bank gave an approval of $12 billion for 111 countries to finance the buying and distribution of covid-19 vaccines and other items for their citizens. on 23 october, the world bank claimed it would continue to help efforts of african governments to recover from the pandemic. on 11 november, the ghana's world bank country director claimed an amount of us$130 million was approved for the country to support those affected by covid-19. on 3 december, the world bank in a report claimed the closure of schools in relation to the pandemic would push about 72 million children into 'learning poverty'. on 26 december, the world bank claimed covid-19 had pushed millions into poverty including sub-saharan african countries. on 29 january, the world bank prepared vaccine financing projects for some countries including ghana. on 10 february, the world bank claimed they were to secure funds for the procurement of covid-19 vaccine, and it was estimated at $180 million. on 25 february, the world bank in a report claimed the pandemic created new avenues for women. on 18 march, the world bank advised the government to adopt a multi-stakeholder approach to transform the economy of the country. on 1 april, the world bank approved us$100 million to assist the government of ghana due to the impact of the pandemic. infections among health workers on 20 may 2020, it was confirmed 30 health workers tested positive for the virus in ashanti region during their line of duty. it was confirmed by the regional director of health services. affected persons were front-line workers managing the disease in the region. 173 new cases were confirmed making ghana's case move to 6,269 according to ghana health service. 125 more recoveries were made, raising the number of recovered persons to 1,898. on 18 june 2020, it was confirmed 97 health workers in the ashanti region tested positive for the virus. it was made known by the regional director of health during a press briefing in kumasi. on 24 june 2020, the ceo of korle-bu tested positive for the virus. three staff of his office also went for isolation. the ghana association of medical laboratory scientists confirmed the death of one of its members who died from the virus. he worked at the weija-gbawe municipal hospital. the presidential advisor on health said health officials would not conduct mass testing exercise for coronavirus in ghana because the approach is expensive and would not reduce the spread of the virus. nmimr said it conducted a covid-19 testing audit and hoped to clear backlog of 7,000 samples yet to be tested. the director general of the ghs said a team was to assess the circumstances for which front line health personnel were being affected with the virus. the health workers union claimed