Coronavirus Updates
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South Africa: Teachers demand closure of schools
Some teachers and parents in South Africa’s Western Cape province are demonstrating and demanding the closure of schools over the spread of coronavirus. A few principals have written an open letter t…
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New York orders 8 states into mandatory 14-day quarantine
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have asked people travelling from states where Covid-19 cases are rising to go into self-isolation for 14 days. New Jersey’s Phil Murphy said people in the three …
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Punishment for not wearing nose mask to serve as deterrent to others – Oppong-Nkrumah
The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has defended the punished spelt out in the new Executive Instrument on wearing of face mask as he says it will serve as a deterrent to others. He str…
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Coronavirus: Two students isolated at Mawuko Girls School
Two students at the Mawuko Girls School in Ho have reportedly been isolated by school authorities over fears they have contracted coronavirus. Sources at the school told Starr News the Covid-19 respo…
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40 persons arrested across Accra for violating ‘Operation Wear Your Mask’
The Operations Team of Railways Police Command in Accra has arrested 40 people for non-compliance with the mandatory wearing of face mask directive. A 25-member team conducted the ‘Operation Wear You…
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Coronavirus: Second school closes in France
France’s schools only fully reopened on June 22nd, but in the first week of the full return two Paris schools have closed after staff and a pupil tested positive for Covid-19. On Tuesday a primary sc…
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Coronavirus: Minister of education self-isolate at UGMC
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is in isolation at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) in Accra after being suspected of contracting coronavirus. This follows a volunt…
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Judge orders Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to wear face mask in public
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro must wear a face covering in public spaces, a judge has ruled as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the South America country. Federal Judge Renato Borelli Co…
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Coronavirus: LEAP beneficiaries receive double payment
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has made double payments to beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) as part of the efforts to mitigate them during CO…
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Medical Tourism: Liberia Education Minister flown in Ghana for COVID19 treatment
Professor Ansu D. Sonii Sr., the Education Minister of Liberia who has tested positive for COVID-19, has been flown into Accra for treatment. The 70-year-old minister was flown in over the weekend af…