Coronavirus Updates
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Nigeria’s President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari dies of Corona Virus
The chief of staff to the Nigerian president Abba Kyari is dead, presidential spokesmen Femi Adesina said on Saturday morning. “Funeral arrangements to be announced soon,” Adesina said. Garba Shehu, …
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COVID-19: Suspected 24 cases in Bono Region comes out negative
The Bono and Bono East Shadow Regional Directorate of Health has refuted media reports of confirmed Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases recorded particularly in the Bono East Region. Rather, the Dir…
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Ghana Govt. COVID-19 food distribution lacks transparency – Amnesty International
Human Rights Organization Amnesty International has criticized government for what they describe as lack of transparency in the distribution of food and other relief items in the wake of Coronavirus …
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COVID-19: Lockdown put on hold in Malawi
Plans for a lockdown in Malawi have been scuppered at the last minute, after a court injuction ordered it be delayed by at least seven days, lawyers say. It was due to begin on Saturday. The news wil…
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Betway donates ¢150K towards fight against COVID-19
Leading online sports betting provider, Betway,has presented a cheque of GHC 150,000 to the government’s COVID-19 Trust Fund to help lessen the effect of the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. Betway, whic…
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Hairdressers, dentists, tattooists, others reopen in Denmark
It began with schools for young children this week, now Denmark will allow beauty salons, hairdressers and tattoo parlours to reopen on Monday. Denmark moved fast to tackle the outbreak, imposing res…
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Africa may be the next mecca of coronavirus – WHO warns
Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deat…
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No one should discriminate against recovered COVID-19 patients – Fred Drah
One of the recovered patients of the deadly coronavirus disease, Mr. Fredrick Kwaku Drahhas underscored the need for Ghanaians to desist from stigmatising against persons who have recovered from the …
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Nigerian on the run after testing positive to COVID-19 in Upper West Region
The Upper West Regional Police Command has commenced a vigorous search for a Forty-six-year-old Nigerian national who tested positive of the novel Coronavirus but has left his home where he was to se…
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UNIFIL, GHANBATT 86, Civil Affairs Unit donates to two communities
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Ghana Battalion 86 (GHANBATT), in collaboration with the UNIFIL Civil Affairs Unit, has donated to the Ayta Ash Shaab Social Development Center a…