Coronavirus Updates
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Australian police vow to step up lockdown enforcement following biggest single-day record
Australian authorities on Tuesday vowed to crank up policing of anti-COVID lockdown rules in Sydney, but dismissed suggestions that tougher measures, including a curfew, were needed after the city re…
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Minority caucus call on Akufo-Addo to sanction Health Minister over Sputnik deal
The Minority, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus, is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sanction, possibly dismiss, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu for singular decisions a…
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Australia suffers worst COVID day this year as millions remain on lockdown
Australia saw a record daily number of new coronavirus cases this year on Saturday, with the country’s most populous states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland recording a total of 361 cases …
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UK PM Johnson says self-isolation unnecessary after staff tested positive for COVID-19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not need to self isolate even though a member of his staff on a recent trip to Scotland tested positive for the coronavirus, his Downing Street office said. …
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France, others will stick to vaccine booster plans, despite WHO warnings
Germany, France and Israel will go ahead with plans to administer COVID-19 vaccine boosters, disregarding an appeal by the World Health Organisation to hold off until more people are vaccinated aroun…
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Global COVID-19 cases has surpassed 200m, as deadly Delta variant choke out healthcare systems
Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the more-infectious Delta variant threatens areas with low vaccination rates and strains healthcare sy…
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FDA approves COVID19 testing device at the KIA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has confirmed that the COVID19 testing device at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) is of high standard and asking Ghanaians to disregard persons who are quest…
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Japan govt begin naming and shaming quarantine rule-breakers
Japan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measures, releasing the names of three people who broke quarantine rules after returning from ove…
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Doctors begin studying COVID-19 Delta variant as virus continues to spreads ‘like wildfire’
With a new wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest version of coronavirus is making people – m…
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Australia’s Brisbane extends lockdown, as army begin enforcing Sydney stay-at-home
Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagi…