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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson announces three-week UK lockdown

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Boris Johnson Boris Johnson has announced a complete lockdown of the UK, banning people from leaving their homes or meeting in groups of more than two people as the Government scrambles to enforce social distancing measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a public address to …

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Coronavirus: US offers repatriation flights for Americans in Ghana

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Stephanie S. Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana The US Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, is arranging repatriation flights for U.S. citizens who are having trouble leaving Ghana because of travel restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak. In a tweet sighted by GhanaWeb, the State Department …

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Ghana’s Coronavirus cases rise to 27, two deaths

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Three more confirmed cases of the global pandemic, coronavirus have been recorded, Ghana Health Service has said. The number of active cases, however, is 25. A statement on the Ghana Health Service website indicated that “As of 23rd March 2020, [14:00 GMT] a total of 521 suspected …

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Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 35, with 1 death

By;brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Nigeria was the first sub-Saharan country to report an official case of coronavirus, when an Italian working in the country came back from Milan on February 24 carrying the virus. © Pius Utomi Ekpei, AFP Nigeria on Monday recorded five new cases of the novel coronavirus spreading …

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Coronavirus: Ghana Tourism Authority closes down beaches

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah File photo Listen to the Article The Ghana Tourism Authority has ordered all beaches to be closed to the public until further notice. The decision taken is on the back of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s suspension of public gatherings to prevent the spread of the deadly Coronavirus in the …

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15 million Ghanaians could contract coronavirus – Research Scientist

by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File Photo A senior Research Scientist and Lecturer at the Department of Medical Diagnostics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dr. Michael Owusu says 50 to 60 percent of Ghanaians are likely to be exposed to the deadly coronavirus if safety etiquettes are …

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Coronavirus: Allow journalists to work from home – GJA urges media houses

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Affail Monney, GJA president The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged media houses to adopt new work systems that will allow journalists to work from home. “We encourage media houses to adopt remote work systems that allow staff members to work from home and ensure their …

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The coming week will be crucial in Ghana’s war against coronavirus

  Brightwebtv/nana asare barimah For many months, Ghanaians monitored international news networks reporting the battering of Wuhan, in the Hubei Province of China by the novel coronavirus disease – now christened covid-19. People in their hundreds and thousands got infected each passing day. Some could not survive the virus’ assault …

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Coronavirus: German chancellor Angela Merkel quarantined!

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to make a press statement on the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery, in Berlin German Chancellor Angela Merkel is going into home quarantine immediately, after a doctor who gave her a vaccination on Friday has tested positive …

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