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Ghana records 1,154 COVID-19 cases

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah COVID-19 Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 1,154, the Ghana Health Service confirmed on Wednesday, 22 April 2020. Meanwhile, 120 people have recovered with the death toll remaining at nine. According to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service: “Under the general surveillance, we have 401 …

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GHS allays fears of possible COVID-19 community spread at Akwapim North after two people tested positive

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Alberta Britwum Nyarko, has allayed fears that the two persons who tested positive to COVID-19 in the Akwapim North Municipality could have passed on the infection to more people in area. Her comments come …

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Coronavirus: Cases in Ghana jump to 1042- Nana Addo

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo On Sunday April 19 , 2020 has Ghana has confirmed 208 new cases of the novel Coronavirus, bringing the total count to 1042. The President said with the institution of the enhanced contact tracing and testing measures, Ghana has recorded …

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COVID-19: At least 300,000 Africans expected to die – UN Agency

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent. Africa’s 54 countries have so far reported fewer than …

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Ghana’s Coronavirus cases shoot up to 834

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has seen a significant jump by a whopping 193 cases. The latest figure released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), which may come as unexpected to many, now puts the national tally at 834 from the previous 641. Four major cities of …

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COVID-19: 1.2bn Africans risk infection with 3.3m deaths in worst-case scenario – UN Report

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus has killed eight people in Ghana so far Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus this year even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report released Friday that cites modelling from Imperial College London. Under the worst-case scenario with no interventions against …

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Bizarre: China taking blood samples of blacks – Ghanaian shares chilling story

by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus The Chinese government is being accused of forcefully taking blood samples of blacks as it battles to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Some viral videos on social media show Chinese health authorities taking more than six samples of blood from a black man they allegedly forced into …

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COVID-19: Upper East Region records 1 death and 4 new cases.

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Upper East Region has recorded one death and four (4) additional cases of the Coronavirus(COVID-19) bringing the total number of cases to eight (8) as of April 16, 2020, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to the Regional Health Directorate, three of the additional cases were contacts of the first case …

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Majority of Ghana’s Covid-19 cases are young people – Information Minister

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Information Ministry is holding another edition of its Minister’s Press Briefing to update Ghanaians on the coronavirus pandemic in the country and various measures being put in place by government to combat it. Update for today will focus on goverment’s locally produced PPEs for the Covid-19 …

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