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COVID-19: Akufo-Addo extends Ghana’s border closure by another two weeks

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo has extended Ghana’s border closure by another two weeks effective Sunday, April 5, 2020. Announcing the date, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah tweeted that: Kojo Oppong Nkrumah ✔@konkrumah Hi Folks, President @NAkufoAddo has by a new executive instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by …

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Coronavirus: Bosomtwi DCE imposes 12 noon lockdown on residents

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah All food vending activities in the Bosomtwe District have been banned outright from twelve o’clock noon per new directives circulated by the District Assembly. The decision which differs from the Executive Orders handed down by president Nana Akufo-Addo was taken by the District Security Council, the Emergency …

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94 suspects test negative after 14-days quarantine in Legon

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Persons who were picked up during contact tracing after a test on one of their students came out positive have all tested negative for the deadly coronavirus, MyNewsGh.com can report. This comes after all the 94 persons went through the mandatory quarantine period of 14-days has been instructed …

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NDC bars communicators from in-studio radio, TV discussions over COVID-19 lockdown

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended in-studio discussions for its communication officers following the lockdown announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo. To this effect, all such discussions in the Ashanti Region, Greater Accra and other parts of the Central Region have been discouraged by the party …

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Coronavirus: Lockdown in Accra and Kumasi comes into force

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah A 14-day restriction on movements in parts of the Greater Accra Region and Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, as part of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus, comes into effect today. The lockdown affects areas where significant numbers of virus infections have been recorded. Delivering …

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UK govt to fly ‘willing’ nationals out of Ghana tonight

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Kotoka International Airport The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Two flights will be ferrying as many as 600 passengers with more flights …

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Prepare school classrooms to receive returnee head porters – NDC COVID-19 team urges

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The COVID-19 technical team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling on government to institute measures to ensure that head porters, popularly known as kayayei and ‘paa o paa’ who are fleeing Accra and Kumasi to their hometowns do not spread the coronavirus. In a …

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COVID-19 Lockdown: Full list of who must stay home and who can go out

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   President Nana Akufo-Addo has imposed restrictions on movement in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana as part of measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus which has killed four people in Ghana so far out of some one hundred thirty-seven patients of which …

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Obour’s father dies while waiting for coronavirus results

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Bice Obour Osei Kuffour The father of Ghanaian hipelife legend and former president of the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGHA), Bice Osei Kuffour, known in showbiz circles as Obour, has died in Accra after reportedly catching coronavirus. In a statement released shortly after his father’s demise, Obour …

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Coronavirus: Police, GAF, GIS to enforce Accra, Tema, K’si, Obuasi lockdown

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The partial lockdown is expected to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus The police high command, in anticipation of a lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus, has issued operation orders to its heads and units containing a Deployment Strategy for a Lockdown of …

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