Coronavirus Updates
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Apple and Google hastens release of covid-19 contact-tracing apps
Apple and Google have tightened privacy measures in the contact-tracing scheme they are offering to health authorities and brought forward its launch. The tech giants now intend to release a software…
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Ghanaians among 90,000 students stuck in Australia without financial support
The Australian government’s A$130 billion JobKeeper payment – a wage subsidy to keep Australians in work – is vital for our response to the pandemic and future economic recovery. But temporary visa h…
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Nobody should enter a pharmacy without nose mask – PSGH
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has asked Pharmacists to ensure that no staff, client or member of the public is allowed into the pharmacy without a properly worn nose mask. A statement si…
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Talk to scientists ‘ignore’ politicians – President to media
“When people are going to talk about this disease (Coronavirus), they will talk about it from the viewpoint of science. Get the scientists. Let them be the ones to talk. Get those who have specialist…
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6 Nigerians on the run as they escape quarantine in Oti Region
Six Nigerien citizens who were put under mandatory quarantine after they were arrested for attempting to use illegal routes to travel outside the country have escaped from a holding centre at Asato i…
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About 437 suspected cases discovered in Western Region so far
The Western Regional Health Directorate has disclosed that the region has recorded 437 suspected cases of Coronavirus so far. Out of the 437 suspected cases, one has been tested positive and it was r…
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Facemasks made compulsory in Cape Coast in fight against pandemic
Central Regional capital, Cape Coast has followed suit in employing the mandatory wearing of masks as a containment measure to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the area. With a curre…
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Zoomlion Ghana disinfects SHS in Ashanti Region
Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has stepped up its fumigation exercise of public Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ashanti Region. The exercise which is under the auspices of the minist…
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SG Ghana donates ¢500K towards Covid-19 National Trust Fund
Societe Generale Ghana has donated an amount of GHS500,000.00 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. The donation took place on Thursday 23rd April 2020 at the Jubilee House in Accra. The gesture as re…
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Study in New York shows 1 in 5 residents may have had COVID-19
A recent statewide study conducted in New York, collected 3,000 antibody samples from 40 locations and 19 counties to determine the rate of infection. The results discovered that New York City had an…