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Lockdown nation with immediate effect – Ghana Medical Association tells Akufo-Addo

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the government of Akufo-Addo to declare a lockdown the country with immediate effect as the country battles coronavirus. The Association wants only essential services to be allowed to go about their activities in times President Akufo-Addo has described …

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Ghana records third coronavirus death at 37 Military Hospital

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Ghana has recorded its third coronavirus death at the 37 Military Hospital as the wife of a two-star general falls victim. According to Joy News sources, her husband who has also contracted Covid-19 is in critical condition. The source said both of them have not travelled abroad …

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UPDATE: Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 53

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Video Archive Listen to the Article UPDATE: Ghana’s number of coronavirus cases has risen from 27 to 53 as at 6:47pm today, March 24, 2020. Earlier in the day, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu announced to the public that the number of coronavirus cases in Ghana had risen from …

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New Virus Emerges From China Called Hantavirus- Here’s All You Need To Know About It

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah At the moment when we have not been able to deal with this coronavirus that is killing people indiscriminately, another potential killer virus from China has surfaced called hantavirus. What is Hantavirus? As per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA, Hantaviruses are a family …

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Coronavirus: Ken Agyapong calls for partial lock-down

    by:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Kennedy Agyapong, MP, Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central region, Kennedy Agyapong, has taken a contrary position to government’s approach in handling the Covid-19 pandemic by calling for a partial lock-down of the country to minimise the spread. The call …

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Expect confirmed cases of coronavirus to rise first – Oppong Nkrumah

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Stakeholders involved held a presser Tuesday, to update Ghanaians on issues regarding the pandemic Listen to the Article It is general theory that figures rise first, before a gradual and eventual substantive decrease in confirmed coronavirus cases in Ghana, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. His …

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Algeria approves chloroquine to treat Coronavirus ‘in certain cases’

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah coronavirus Algeria’s health ministry has said hospitals in the North African nation can use chloroquine to treat patients infected with Coronavirus. However, the statement specifies that the drug should be used to treat “certain cases” of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus, in accordance with “specific …

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COVID: No lockdown decision now but all options on table – Gov’t

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Kojo Oppong Nkrumah The government of Ghana has said it has not taken any decision to lockdown the national capital, Accra, as a result of the hike in COVID-19 cases but “all options remain on the table”. Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said this at a …

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Evacuation of hundreds of UK nationals in limbo after last-minute flight cancellation

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Some passengers who were booked to fly back to the UK were left stranded at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after their flight was cancelled at the last hour. The about 360 passengers, mainly UK nationals were being evacuated under a special arrangement facilitated by the British …

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