Coronavirus Updates
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Akufo-Addo’s speech and lift of lockdown contradictory – Kofi Gane
Independent Presidential aspirant, Marricke Kofi Gane has described as confusing reasons given by President Akufo-Addo before lifting the lockdown directive. Posting his opinion on his official Faceb…
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It’s difficult to control the virus ’cause Ghanaians lack self-discipline – COVID-19 team membe
A member of the NDC Covid-19 team, Dr Vida Yarkong says self-discipline in the country has been a problem in controlling the spread of coronavirus in Ghana. According to Dr Vida Yarkong, the call by …
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Akufo-Addo should not have lifted the ban, he disappointed us – Health expert
Many health professionals have expressed their disappointment at President Akufo-Addo’s lifting of the 3-week partial lockdown in Greater Accra, Kumasi and Kasoa on Sunday, April 19. A former Directo…
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COVID-19: Cases rise to 10 in Volta Region
The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the Volta Region has increased to 10. DGN Online has gathered that the latest case was confirmed on April 19, after the patient visited th…
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Oil Plunges Below $5 due to coronavirus pandemic
Oil plunged below $5 a barrel as the coronavirus pandemic ravages global economies, threatening to erase an entire decade of demand growth, slashing thousands of jobs and wiping out hundreds of billi…
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Zimbabwe adds 14 days to COVID-19 lockdown
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that the lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will be extended by two weeks. But mining and manufacturing operations will b…
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Lockdown could be reimposed if case worsens – Akufo-Addo warns
Some parts of Ghana could return to a lockdown “whenever the situation so warrants,” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has said. It comes after the lifting of a three weeks partial lockdown on Gr…
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Ghana’s COVID-19 cases hit 1,042
Ghana’s count of the Coronavirus has increased to 1,042. This was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his seventh address to the nation on the outbreak today, Sunday, April 19, …
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UK and US trialling plasma for treatment of Coronavirus
The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease. NHS Blood and Transplant is asking some people who recovered from Covid-19 to donate bl…
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FULL TEXT: Akufo-Addo’s update speech on fight against pandemic
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, Today, Sunday, 19th April, 2020, is exactly three (3) weeks since I came to you and announced the imposition of restrictions to movement in the Greater Accra Metropoli…