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Ghana records 4 more deaths as Covid-19 cases rise to 5,638

 By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Ghana has recorded four more deaths to the novel coronavirus as the country’s number of cases rise to 5,638 according to the Ghana Health Service. The Service’s website also reports an increase in the number of recoveries from 674 to 1,460 representing 786 new recoveries. The new …

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COVID-19: UW/R police on manhunt for 15-year-old quarantine escapee

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimag General News The Upper West Regional Police Command is looking for the teenager who escaped The Upper West Regional Police Command has called on the general public to volunteer information on the whereabouts of a 15-year-old COVID-19 patient, Maabang Titus, who escaped from quarantine at the St. …

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Covid-19: Boy, 15 escapes quarantine in Wa

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo A 15-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus in the Upper West Region has reportedly escaped from quarantine. The Upper West Regional Police Command announced the boy’s escape in a statement which said the boy, identified as Titus Maabeng, fell sick on Saturday, May …

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Tears as Covid-19 patient shares devastating stigmatisation story

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus A Covid-19 patient has recounted how she has become an object of ridicule before many of her friends and relatives after testing positive for the deadly novel virus. According to the middle-aged woman, who spoke under anonymity, the past few weeks have been her dreaded moment …

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Covid-19 patient recounts humiliating experience with health workers

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah A middle-aged woman, believed to have tested positive for coronavirus, has recounted the humiliation her family has suffered from health workers. The woman, who spoke under anonymity on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, said she suspects the inhumane treatment was a deliberate attempt by health workers and local …

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COVID-19: Passport offices across Ghana to resume operations

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Passport offices across Ghana are set to resume operations from Monday, May 18, 2020, following a break amid the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. The statement noted all applicants and official visitors would be required …

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WHO to probe Ghana’s COVID-19 peak claims

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that it will probe Ghana’s COVID-19 data to see whether claims that country has peaked are true or not. At a press briefing on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Dr Badu …

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COVID-19: All African countries infected as Lesotho records first case

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus The southern African country of Lesotho has recorded its first coronavirus case, its health ministry has said, becoming the last nation on the continent to confirm an infection. The ministry on Wednesday said it conducted 81 coronavirus tests on travellers from neighbouring South Africa and …

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Covid-19: Ministry issues new directive on drinking bars

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has opposed the decision of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to open the hospitality sector in the country. The GTA issued a directive on May 11 to give permission to restaurants, hotels, drinking bars and all other food chain …

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Snake causes massive panic at Pentecost COVID-19 center

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Pentecost Convention Centre COVID-19 patients at the Pentecost Isolation Centre at Gomoa Fetteh near Kasoa in the Central Region were scared to their bone on Monday, May 11, 2020, when a snake invaded the centre. The development has aggravated the plight of the patients who already had …

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