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The 198 new coronavirus cases aren’t new infections – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the 198 new Coronavirus cases announced Saturday are not new infections. It explained that the record 198 new cases, which have seen the country’s case count jump from 641 to 834, are from a backlog of samples currently at the various laboratory testing centres. “The general …

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Armed soldiers seize Ghanaian Times reporter’s camera in Kumasi

A camera belonging to a Ghanaian Times journalist, Kingsley E. Hope, remains confiscated after an encounter with two armed military officers in Kumasi. The incident happened on Friday, April 17, at about 4:20 pm in Adum, Kumasi’s busiest enclave. It comes days after another broadcast journalist with Kumasi-based Zuria FM …

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Pressure mounts on Military and Police hospital mortuaries

The Ghana Armed Force and the Ghana Police Service are alternative plans with respect to their mortuary facilities in this period of the deadly Coronavirus, although the country per official reports is said to have recorded just 9 deaths compared to others who have records thousands. While the Ghana Police Hospital …

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Lesotho’s PM sends army into streets

Lesotho’s prime minister, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, has deployed the army on the streets to “restore order”. In a TV address, Thomas Thabane accused unnamed law enforcement elements of seeking to undermine democracy. The decision comes a day after the constitutional court ruled against his decision …

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Malawians protest over coronavirus lockdown

Traders in Malawi’s Limbe area in Blantyre District are protesting against a lockdown that will begin on Saturday. The traders have lit bonfires and police are on the ground dispersing them. Local media reports say the traders do not want the country to go on lockdown as their income will …

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Photos: TV Africa Journalist Shot In Tamale

A journalist with Accra-based TV Africa has been reportedly shot during a joint security operation on Saturday [April 18, 2020] at Changli a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region Tamale. Armed security forces raided the community this dawn and arrested 134 residents and destroyed hundreds of properties of residents …

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Rickshaw rider injured in an accident on Tarkwa-Damang road

A rickshaw rider has sustained various degree of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Tarkwa-Damang road in the Western Region. The victim, Tamelbi Benatua 37, is currently on admission at the Apinto government hospital. Chief Inspector George Kwabena Osei, of the Tarkwa Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) …

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Nigerian governor orders arrest of journalist over Lassa fever story

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state, on Saturday, ordered the police to detain indefinitely THE SUN Correspondent in the state, Mr Chijioke Agwu, after the Governor reportedly arrested and detained him in the state Government House. Vanguard gathered that Agwu’s travail is connected to a Lassa Fever disease story he …

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Akufo Addo to Address The Nation Today

The communications director at the presidency Eugene Arhin has revealed when the President of the Republic Of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Will be addressing the Nation. This comes after several fake fliers were being circulated on the internet pertaining to the president’s address of the nation. Ghanaians have …

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Zoomlion Supports Noguchi With US$20,000 To Fight COVID-19

Leading waste management company and a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has donated US$20,000 (GHC120,000.00) to the University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), one of the leading laboratories at the forefront of testing samples for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) …

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Ghana strong to pay back US$1bn COVID-19 loan – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana’s track record of repaying debts will enable her to repay the US$1bn COVID-19 facility it lent the country with ease. In a staff report and statement by the Executive Director for Ghana, the Fund said: “Ghana’s track record of servicing debts to the …

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Sunlight kills COVID-19 quickly – Test results find

Preliminary results from government lab experiments show that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence from controlled tests of what scientists believed — but had not yet proved — to be true. A briefing on the preliminary …

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Lockdown: Techiman market to be shut

The Municipal Chief Executive of the Techiman Assembly, John Donyina, has announced a one-week closure of its main market amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a press briefing, he said the decision forms part of proactive measures to prevent possible cases at Techiman. He added the closure will take effect from …

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Former Ghana star Joe Dakota buried in the US

Former Ghana and Hearts of Oak star Jonathan Ankrah ‘Joe Dakota’ who died in Maryland has been buried in the USA on Friday, 17th April, 2020. The former Hearts of Oak player, died in USA on Thursday April 9, 2020 after battling a short illness. Dakota who was in his …

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