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Ghana shuts all borders effective Sunday

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana has announced the closure of all its borders effective, March 22, 2020. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo who announced this Saturday said the decision is to help reduce further escalation of the infection rate in the country. It was his third address to the …

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Ghana records first coronavirus death

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   One of the 19 persons infected with the novel coronavirus in Ghana has died. Deputy Health Minister, Alex K. Abban confirmed the fatality in an interview on TV3 Saturday evening. The deceased, a 61-year-old Lebanese, was a Kumasi-based trader. He died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching …

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Coronavirus: Ghana likely to be on lockdown from Sunday – Bright Simons hints

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Bright Simons, Vice President of Imani Ghana   Bright Simons, Vice President of Imani Ghana has hinted of a national lockdown tomorrow March 22, 2020, by the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In a tweet sighted by GhanaWeb, Mr Simons posited that the lockdown has been recommended …

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Coronavirus cases rise to 19 in Ghana

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Two were reported from Greater Accra Region and one from Ashanti Region.   Three more confirmed cases of the global pandemic, coronavirus have been recorded in the Greater Accra Regional capital, Accra and Ashanti Region. According to the Ghana Health Service, the three (3) new COVID-19 …

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Coronavirus: Ghana must go into ‘gradual lockdown’ – Noguchi researcher

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Dr Kofi Boni also called for a revision of Ghana’s current case definition for COVID-19 testing. A senior research fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research has advised that Ghana goes into a “gradual lockdown” following the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country. …

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Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah File photo Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’s Parliament passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019. The law now …

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JUST In: Coronavirus cases in Ghana jump to 16

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   A total of Sixteen (16) confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus have been confirmed in Ghana as at today Friday March 20, 2020 according to officials of the Ghana Health Service. By the latest figure, it implies five new cases of the virus have been confirmed …

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Government to consider calls for suspension of ongoing Ghana card registration – Oppong Nkrumah

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Government says it will consider a request from the Ghana Medical Association [GMA] to suspend with immediate effect the ongoing mass registration exercise in the Eastern Region. In a press statement signed by the President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Ankobea, and the General Secretary, Dr. …

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COVID-19: Ghana suspends all passport services amid virus outbreak

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Ghana has suspended all passport services at all Passport Application Centres (PACs)   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has suspended all passport services at all Passport Application Centres (PACs) across the country with immediate effect. This is in line with keeping with Government’s directives …

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