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By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Chief of Piase in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti region Nana Osei Afriyie Gyamerah, has donated food items to residents of the town to help mitigate the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic. The food items include 500 bags of rice, 100 boxes of sardines, boxes …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   “I think it’s very, very important that we tailor a specific Ghanaian, African response to the handling of this pandemic, and not necessarily copy blindly the methods that are being adopted by countries to the north of us and elsewhere.” These were the words of the …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, has thanked the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for instituting the bold measures that have resulted in a rather low infection rate of 1.5% in the country. Delivering his remarks on …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Christian community in Ghana has declared a three-day fasting and prayer session, as part of efforts to fight COVID-19. At a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House, the Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Paul Boafo said: “All of us …

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah COVID-19 Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 1,154, the Ghana Health Service confirmed on Wednesday, 22 April 2020. Meanwhile, 120 people have recovered with the death toll remaining at nine. According to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service: “Under the general surveillance, we have 401 …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President Akufo-Addo has been meeting identifiable groups including the Council of State over the lifting of the partial lockdown of some parts of Accra and Kumasi. The President during the meeting which ended not long ago briefed the members of the Council about the lifting of the …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Alberta Britwum Nyarko, has allayed fears that the two persons who tested positive to COVID-19 in the Akwapim North Municipality could have passed on the infection to more people in area. Her comments come …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Authorities of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have ordered the closure of the Kumasi Central market hours after President Akufo-Addo ordered the opening of the lockdown areas. According to Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice, the closure was necessitated by the refusal of the traders to observe social distancing …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent. Africa’s 54 countries have so far reported fewer than …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Coronavirus has killed eight people in Ghana so far Africa could see 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus this year even under the best-case scenario, according to a new report released Friday that cites modelling from Imperial College London. Under the worst-case scenario with no interventions against …