Coronavirus Updates
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China slams Japan, S.Korea with visa bans in retaliation of COVID curbs
China suspended issuing short-term visas in South Korea and Japan on Tuesday, after announcing it would retaliate against countries that required negative COVID-19 tests from Chinese travellers. Chin…
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China retaliates against South Korea, Japan over COVID curbs
China began retaliating on Tuesday against South Korea and Japan, two of the countries which have imposed COVID-19 curbs on travellers from China, the last major economy to reopen its borders after t…
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Reintroduced COVID-19 measures at KIA start today
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL)’s new directive for passengers arriving from China and other countries starts today, Friday January 6. Passengers will be required to present a valid negativ…
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Hong Kong to allow import of hamsters after year-long COVID ban
Hong Kong’s government will lift a ban on the import of hamsters in mid-January, almost a year after more than 2,000 of the rodents were culled due to a cluster of COVID-19 cases traced to a pet shop…
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[COVID-19] Passengers arriving from China to present valid PCR test result – GACL
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has said that effective January 6, 2023, passengers originating their journey from China will be required to present a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test result…
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China media downplay COVID severity as WHO seeks detail on variants
State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of a briefing on Tuesday by its scientists to the World Health Organization, which was hoping for a “detailed dis…
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Covid-19: Italy wants rest of Europe to test travellers from China
Italy has urged the rest of the EU to follow its lead and test travellers from China for Covid-19. The EU’s health officials could not agree on one course of action when they held talks on Thursday m…
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Shanghai hospital warns of ‘tragic battle’ as COVID spreads
A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city’s 25 million people will get infected by the end of next week, while the virus swe…
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COVID-19 is not yet over – Dr Djimatey
Dr Moses Barima Djimatey, the North East Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, has admonished residents in the Region to participate in the fifth roun…
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South Africa’s Aspen gets $30m grant to make vaccines
Aspen Pharmacare has wrapped up pacts to secure funding of $30 million from the Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to help make affordable vaccines for Africa, t…