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COVID-19: India under lockdown as cases rise

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     Coronavirus has killed thousands in China and around the world More than half of India is under complete lockdown as the government tries to contain the spread of COVID-19. There are 468 confirmed cases and nine deaths. While most people followed the government’s orders, there …

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COVID-19: Senegal, Ivory Coast declare emergency

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Senegal will deploy military and police to enforce a curfew Senegal and Ivory Coast have declared states of emergency over the outbreak of the coronavirus. Senegalese President Macky Sall said the state of emergency would start on Tuesday midnight, accompanied by a curfew from 8:00pm to 6:00am …

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COVID-19: 3 persons quarantined in the Ashanti region

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Three persons suspected to have contracted the coronavirus have been quarantined in the Ashanti region. Chief Exercutive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr Oheneba Owusu Danso, said samples have been taken from them for testing. Dr Danso disclosed this at a press conference organised …

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Covid-19: NDC ‘experts’ are welcome – Dep. Health Min.

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Dr. Zenator Rawlings is one of the names announced by the NDC in the covid-19 fight Deputy Health Minister minister Alexander Abban says the experts who were named by the opposition NDC to support government’s efforts at fighting coronavirus are welcome to the field. According to …

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COVID-19: Parliament to temporarily relocate to AICC

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has hinted that the Legislature is likely to relocate to the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to enable MPs to heed to the Social distancing measures. According to the Speaker, the Conference centre is spacious and would allow …

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COVID-19: Pastor of Open Arms Ministry to be arraigned today for holding church service

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       Head Pastor of the Open Arms Ministries, Apostle Kofi Nkansah Sarkodie who was arrested for breaking the government’s ban on all social gatherings in the country following the outbreak of COVID-19 will be arraigned today. The Pastor was arrested on Sunday, 22 March 2020 …

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COVID-19: Jack Ma’s 5.4m face masks, 1.08m test kits, 100,000 sets of PPEs for Africa arrive

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The cargo flight touched down in Addis Ababa Sunday The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was flown into the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, as coronavirus cases in Africa rose above 1,100. The virus has …

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Cuba Sends 53 Doctors and Nurses to Fight Covid-19 in Italy

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The Cubans, who traveled to Sierra Leone to fight the Ebola virus in 2014, ​​will arrive in Lombardy. Cuban health authorities announced on Thursday that the country will send 53 health professionals to Lombardy, Italy, to help contain the new coronavirus pandemic. The 53 doctors …

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COVID-19: Accra Markets to close down on Monday for fumigation

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Central Business District of Accra As part of strengthening the measures to prevent escalation of COVID-19 cases, markets in the Greater Accra Region will be closed on Monday, March 23, 2020 for a fumigation exercise. According to the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima …

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COVID-19: WASSCE put on hold

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has put on hold this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) following the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs WAEC, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe said that “this is in line with the …

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