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PM stable in hospital and not on ventilator

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “in good spirits” after spending the night in intensive care being treated for coronavirus, No 10 has said. Mr Johnson, 55, was stable overnight, is being given oxygen and is not on a ventilator, a spokesman added. The foreign secretary said he was Read More

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Reduce fuel prices to mitigate coronavirus impact – Otokunor to Akufo-Addo

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The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed worry over what he believes is a wide discrepancy between the commitment of the president to reducing the impact of the novel coronavirus on Ghanaians and the feasibility of these pronouncements. While commending the government for the various impact mitigation interventions, Read More

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Over 800 slum dwellers homeless as fire guts parts of Old Fadama

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Over 800 wooden structures which serve as accommodation for residents of Old Fadama, have been gutted by fire. The ravaging fire, according to eyewitnesses, started around 2am on Tuesday and destroyed properties worth hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis and left numerous slum dwellers homeless. Speaking to JoyNews, an eyewitness, Yusif Alhassan accused the Ghana […]Read More

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Speaker Mike Oquaye recalls MPs from suspension

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Speaker Mike Oquaye has recalled MPs to the House, three days after he suspended sitting indefinitely. In a communique to Members of Parliament, the Speaker invoked his rights under Order Six of the Standing Orders of Parliament. “I, Right Honourable Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament, do hereby direct that, the parliament of Ghana […]Read More

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COVID-19: WHO Director told to resign as US death toll surpasses China

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus has been accused of covering up death toll in China. This has led to a call for Tedros to resign after theories came up about the false death toll in China. China reported 81,000 cases with 3300 deaths compared to the US’ death toll now over 10,000 and the […]Read More

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COVID-19: There’ll be relief by end of May – Fmr GHS Director-General

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The deadly COVID-19 can finally be defeated in Ghana by the end of May 2020 if Ghanaians continue with social distancing and the continuous hand washing, a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Appiah Denkyira has stated. Speaking on the Morning Starr Tuesday, Dr Denkyira told host Francis Abban that the lockdown and […]Read More

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Coronavirus: Africa’ll not be testing ground for vaccine – WHO

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as “racist” the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested in Africa. “Africa can’t and won’t be a testing ground for any vaccine,” said Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The doctors’ remarks during a TV Read More

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COVID-19: Get well soon – Akufo-Addo to Boris Johnson

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President Nana Akufo-Addo has sent a goodwill message to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he battles for his life after contracting coronavirus. “Wishing British Prime Minister, @BorisJohnson, a speedy recovery and God’s blessings. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and the British people at this critical time,” Nana Akufo-Addo said in a tweet. […]Read More

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We’ve not independently tested COA FS for COVID-19 treatment – Noguchi

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The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) says it has neither independently tested nor verified COA FS as a treatment for COVID-19. The Institute gave the indication after some media publications claimed that Noguchi had approved the local medicine for treatment for COVID-19 patients. Noguchi in a release on its Twitter page indicated that […]Read More

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COVID-19 cases in Ghana rise to 287

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The total number of Coronavirus cases in Ghana has increased to 287. This means that 73 more cases have been added to the country’s case count as at 6th April 2020, 23:30. Total deaths and recovery remain at five and three respectively. The rise in the number of cases follows measures of enhanced contact tracing […]Read More

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UK PM in intensive care as virus symptoms worsen

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving “excellent care”. Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise “where necessary”, the spokesman Read More

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Interventions by Akufo-Addo laudable but… – Sammy Gyamfi

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The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress says while recent incentives and interventions announced by President Akufo-Addo are in the right direction, its implementation remains to be seen. According to Sammy Gyamfi, this is due to the fact that these social interventions raise pertinent questions and issues that are yet to be addressed […]Read More

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Korle-Bu doctor, nurse test positive for coronavirus

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Two medical staff of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The doctor and nurse, work at the Medicine Department and Child Health Department, respectively. The Chief Executive Officer of the facility, Daniel Asare, described the incident as unfortunate but said it was predictable. He told JoyNews in an interview that […]Read More

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Sowah Odotei axed as Okoe-Boye is Deputy Health Minister-designate

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President Akufo-Addo has named Ledzokuku MP, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye as his Deputy Health Minister-designate. His predecessor, Alexander Abban, has now been appointed the Deputy Communications Minister, replacing Vincent Sowah Odotei who is also the MP for La Dadekotopon. These were contained in a release signed by Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, on Read More

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Coronavirus: TB Joshua issues strong warning to world leaders

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The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCAON, has warned world leaders of “God’s anger” if they fail to take proactive measures to help “displaced people” from “troubled spots” such as Syria following the Coronavirus outbreak he accused them (world leaders and scientists) of creating. Joshua finally called on his ‘partners’ to support […]Read More

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Lockdown: Test results of 15,384 people will determine future actions – Akufo-Addo

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the COVID-19 test results of some 15,384 people which will be released next week will determine the government’s next line of action with regards to the current measures of a lockdown taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Nana Akufo-Addo announced a two-week lockdown in his last address to the […]Read More

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Ashaiman killing: MP exposes military over attempted cover-up

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Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Henry Norgbey has contradicted the narration by the Ghana Armed Forces on the killing of a resident in the area yesterday, insisting that deceased did not deserve the disproportionate use of force by the soldier which eventually led to the death of the man identified as […]Read More

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Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo’s speech full of hope – Anyidoho

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Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has showered praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his sterling leadership, powerful addresses to the nation in the midst of the deadly coronavirus. The former director of communication at the presidency under the late Mills era said the messages and speeches […]Read More

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Ghana entering critical phase in coronavirus fight – Akufo-Addo

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Ghana is entering the critical phase in the coronavirus fight as Health Service awaits the results of 15,384 people, President Akufo-Addo has said. Addressing the nation on the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, he said that these people were among some 19,276 who were reached through the contact tracing of persons who had tested positive for […]Read More

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Full text: Akufo-Addo announces insurance packages for health workers

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Fellow Ghanaians, Good evening.  Nine days ago, I came to your homes and requested you to make great sacrifices to save lives, and to protect our motherland. I announced the imposition of strict restrictions to movement, and asked that residents of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and […]Read More

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3 months water bill for all Ghanaians to be absorbed by gov’t

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All Ghanaians will not be paying water bill for the next three months as government will absorb all the cost. President Akufo-Addo in his televised address to the nation announced that for the months of April, May and June, his government is taking that burden off Ghanaians. “All water tankers, publicly and privately-owned, are also […]Read More

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I can’t reopen closed down radio stations – Akufo-Addo

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President Nana Akufo-Addo has advised the management of all closed down radio stations to follow the right procedures to have their stations reopened. The President said because he was not the one who shut down the stations,  it “would be difficult for me to be the one to unlock them. The procedures are there. I […]Read More

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We’ll close down markets if traders fail to practice social distancing – Alima Mahama

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The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama has warned of an imminent closure of markets where vendors fail to comply with social distancing directives. According to her, the need to enforce all relevant protocols to contain the spread of COVID-19 will be paramount in all dealings with the market vendors in […]Read More

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EU evacuates citizens from Ghana amid coronavirus outbreak

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Citizens of the Netherlands and other countries in Europe have been repatriated from Ghana to their various countries. Though borders are closed to flights entering the country, the Information Ministry said on April 3, 2020, at a press briefing that the issue of extracting foreigners who have been stuck in Ghana due to the global […]Read More

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Mahama ‘humbled’ as his investments ‘become mainstay’ in coronavirus fight

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Former President John Dramani Mahama says he’s humbled by the key role his contribution to health infrastructure in the country is playing in the fight against Covid-19. While presenting one hundred sets of personal protective equipment to workers at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital), he noted that his investments in the health sector […]Read More

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Over 500 persons who tested negative in mandatory quarantine released

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Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government has commenced an exercise that will see people held in mandatory quarantine but tested negative for the coronavirus being reunited with their families. According to Mr. Oppong Nkrumah, this follows a re-testing of their samples for the virus. “Today and tomorrow we are commencing an exercise to take […]Read More

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Oquaye turns 76 years today

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Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye, turns 76 years today, 4 April 2020.   Prof Oquaye was born on 4th April 1944 to Mr E.G.N. Oquaye of Osu, Accra (a cocoa merchant) and Mrs Felicia Awusiki Oquaye, (nee Azu) of Odumase-Krobo – the third of seven children.   He was brought up at […]Read More

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Oquaye is a “walking illegality” – Haruna Iddrisu

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Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has described the Speaker of Parliament Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye as a “walking illegailty” after the Speaker suspended the House  on Saturday, 4 April 2020 instead of adjourning sittings. Members of Parliament were supposed to rise sine die  (Indefinitely) after Saturday’s sitting but the Speaker citing the current Read More

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COVID-19: Ghana’s confirmed cases now 214

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Ghana has confirmed nine additional COVID-19 cases; six from Greater Accra and three from Ashanti region the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. This brings the total COVID-19 cases recorded in the country to 214 with five deaths. Among the cases from Greater Accra, one is a 37-year-old woman with no history of travel nor contact […]Read More

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Coronavirus: Give Me Hope Foundation donates food to the homeless

Admin Editor April 4, 2020 65 0

Give Me Hope Foundation, a non governmental organization, in a bid to help the poor and homeless people in coping with the nation lockdown being enforced in the country to break the chain of infection caused by the spread of coronavirus, the Give Me Hope Foundation has started providing food for the homeless and people […]Read More