Coronavirus Updates
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Spain excludes UK arrivals from mandatory quarantine
Travellers from the UK will not have to quarantine on arrival in Spain from Sunday, Spanish officials have said. Spain’s foreign affairs minister has told the BBC that British citizens will be allowe…
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Zimbabwe: Health minister charged with covid-19 fraud
Zimbabwe’s health minister is appearing in court in Harare charged with corruption over the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment. Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday after the government ca…
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Children will be safe in school -Kwamena Duncan assures parents
Mr Kwamena Duncan, the Central Regional Minister, has allayed the fears of parents with the assurance that their children will be safe when schools re-open on June 22 for senior high and June 29 for …
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Lecturer at UDS invents a handwashing machine for 4 at a time
Dr. Courage Kosi Setsoafia Saba, a Senior Lecturer at the University for Development Studies(UDS) has invented a handwashing machine that four persons can wash at a time. In the wake of the novel cor…
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Kenya looks to reopen border with Somalia
Large-scale fishermen in Lamu County and traders in goods to and from Somalia will soon resume trade after the national government revealed plans to reopen the Lamu section of the Kenya-Somalia borde…
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Over 200 Ghanaians evacuated from Lebanon arrive Accra
Two hundred and eleven (211) Ghanaian evacuees from Lebanon, arrived at the Kotoka International Airport, in Accra, on Friday night. They constitute the first batch of more than 600 female Ghanaian d…
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Ghana’s covid-19 cases hit 13,000
Additionally, four more patients have unfortunately succumbed to the virus bringing the death toll now to 70. The country’s recoveries have, however, increased to 4,548 from the previous 4,468 since …
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UK: Muslims, Jews, religious minorities have higher covid-19 death rate – report
Jews, Muslims and members of other minority religious groups in England and Wales have higher mortality rates from COVID-19 than Christians and those who don’t identify with a religion, according to …
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WHO says ‘new and dangerous phase’ of coronavirus approaching
The World Health Organization warned Friday of a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease’s accelerating spread. The warning came as i…
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Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra resumes operation amid pandemic
The Golden Tulip Accra Hotel has officially resumed business, almost three (3) months after the facility temporarily closed. This became necessary as a result of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus…