Coronavirus Updates
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Pakistan eases lockdown despite rise in cases
Pakistan is loosening an economic lockdown despite the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country. Shops and businesses have begun to re-open in the capital Islamabad as part of a phased easin…
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China sets to help North Korea after winning fight against pandemic
China’s president has expressed concern about the threat of the coronavirus to North Korea and offered help. Xi Jinping was responding to a message that he received from the North Korean leader, Kim …
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Govt. orders Tesla to remain closed amid pandemic
Electric car firm Tesla has been ordered to keep its main plant in the US closed, as California grapples with a coronavirus outbreak. Chief executive Elon Musk had told staff “limited” production wou…
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78 covid-19 suspects quarantined in Bono Region
The Bono Regional Health Directorate in collaboration with the Regional Coordinating Council has quarantined 78 COVID-19 suspects after the region recorded first confirmed case of the disease on Wedn…
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Zoomlion begin fumigating 114 Senior High Schools
Zoomlion Ghana Limited has begun a 5-day fumigation exercise of Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region against bedbugs. The exercise is part of a nationwide exercise in collaboration with the Ghan…
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A 4-hour intensive fumigation at Ghana Police Command and Staff College, Winneba
A four-hour disinfection exercise has taken place at the Ghana Police Command and Staff College situated on about 500-700-kilometer land at Winneba. The exercise was carried out by Zoomlion Ghana Lim…
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Ghana’s covid-19 case hit 4,012 as 323 recovers
323 COVID-19 patients have recovered, the Ghana Health Service has announced on Friday. The GHS further said that Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have now reached 4,012. The new figure represents an increase …
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Mosques re-open in some Islamic countries in wake of lockdown
Many Muslim countries closed their mosques weeks ago to control the spread of the coronavirus. But now Friday prayers have taken place inside some mosques for the first time this Ramadan. In Syria, m…
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Tanzania procures Madagascar’s coronavirus ‘cure’
Tanzania has collected a consignment of herbal medicine from Madagascar, whose president Andry Rajoelina has touted the tonic as a cure for coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismis…
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South Africa’s Breweries dispose 25k litres of beer, 130 million litres more to be disposed
South African Breweries (SAB), the country’s largest alcohol brewer, has dumped more than 25,000 litres of beer at its Rosslyn plant in Pretoria during the country’s dry lockdown. It plans to dispose…