Coronavirus Updates
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Food vendor serving Achimota Hospital test positive for COVID-19
Every health worker and staff at the Achimota Hospital is undergoing mandatory testing for COVID-19 after 10 food vendors and three taxicab drivers tested positive for the virus. This has compelled t…
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Government will cover rent of anyone facing eviction – Samuel Atta Akyea
Government has the capacity to cover the rent of persons who may face eviction for not being able to meet their rent obligations, according to the Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea. The M…
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Coronavirus: French Prime Minister announces end of Ligue 1
The 2019-20 French football season is over after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that no sporting events will take place until at least September. Speaking while unveiling France’s p…
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Demand COVID19 clearance before renting houses to foreigners – Minister
Government has asked all landlords to as a mandatory requirement inspect the COVID-19 status of all foreigners before renting out properties to them. This is according to the Works and Housing Minist…
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U.S: Top New York City doctor kills herself over coronavirus
A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. Dr Lorna Breen, who was medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presb…
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Gabon eases lockdown on country’s capital, Libreville
Gabon’s Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekalé has eased lockdown restrictions in the capital, Libreville, and three neighbouring municipalities. The government has instead imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew…
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India cancels over 500k faulty testing kits imported from China
India has cancelled orders for about half a million coronavirus rapid testing kits from China after they were found to be “faulty”. Delhi has also withdrawn the kits that were already in use in sever…
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Muslims donate blood for plasma therapy in India
Members of an Indian Islamic organisation are volunteering to donate blood for plasma therapy after their congregation sparked dozens of Covid-19 clusters across the country. More than 1,000 positive…
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NIGERIA: Borno state apologises to covid-19 ‘escapee’
The authorities in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state have apologised to a coronavirus patient after it was wrongly announced that she had escaped from an isolation centre in the city of Maiduguri. …
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Uganda sets to test 20,000 people in one week
Uganda plans to test about 20,000 people in the space of a week for coronavirus. Survey results are expected on 4 May, a day before the country’s lockdown is due to end. Uganda’s health minister says…