Coronavirus Updates
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Italy’s former Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed to carry on with political activities ahead of local elections in September after testing positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, thi…
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Ghana Health Service confirms 162 new COVID-19 cases, deaths stays at 276
Ghana has recorded 162 new COVID-19 infections raising the total count to 44,460 according to information provided on the official website of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The active cases are n…
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Foreigners should be charged more than Ghanaians for COVID-19 tests – MP
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa has admonished the government to consider a “significant reduction” in the $150 testing cost for travellers. The legislator is of the …
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We will quit burial duties if attacks continues – COVID-19 Burial Team
The COVID-19 burial team has threatened to quit its duties if attacks on them by families of persons who die as a result of coronavirus do not cease immediately. This comes after the team was beaten …
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Coronavirus: Millions of pupils in the UK return to school
Millions of pupils in England are returning to school after the unprecedented shutdown linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Schools will look different, with one way systems, screens keeping pupils ap…
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U.S govt to dispense millions of rapid covid-19 tests to states to aid reopening of schools
The U.S. government will send an “overwhelming majority” of the rapid COVID-19 tests it purchased from Abbott Laboratories last week to governors of states and territories to support school reopening…
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Schools reopen in Russia as country’s covid-19 cases surpass 1 million
Russia’s coronavirus case tally passed the 1 million mark on Tuesday as schools and educational institutions reopened across the world’s largest country with new mandatory safety precautions in place…
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COVID-19: What you need to know right now
India leads global rise in new weekly cases India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 per…
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You are planting ‘recipe for disaster’ if you open without control over covid-19 – WHO warns
Countries with significant active spread of coronavirus must prevent amplifying events, as opening up without the virus being under control would be a “recipe for disaster”, the World Health Organiza…
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Canada to purchase millions covid-19 vaccine doses from Novavax and Johnson & Johnson
Canada reached an agreement in principle on Monday with both Novavax Inc and Johnson & Johnson for millions of doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Ca…