Author: Eugene Addo

Government is spending a whopping 1 billion to finance the electricity relief package announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo to cushion Ghanaians for the next three months amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Energy Minister John Peter Amewu said on Thursday that the covid-19 presidential electricity package will cover about 86 per cent of Ghanaians who are …

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A total of 100 boys and girls under the age of 15 years are down with the coronavirus infection, also known as COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated. The development has busted the myth of children being less susceptible to the virulent infection that has killed some eight people in Ghana. This implies …

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The police have arrested 406 persons who flouted guidelines on the restrictions imposed on the movement of people and social gatherings in the country, Head of Prosecutions for Accra Region, ACP Lydia Donkor has disclosed. She said out of this figure, 103 of these persons are in custody and 248 have been granted bail. Forty-one …

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The two Nigeriens, who were arrested in Accra and later tested positive for COVID-19 , have refused to submit to treatment. They have since been returned from the Ga East Municipal Hospital, Ghana’s main nationalCOVID-19 treatment center. The two foreigners are currently being held in a secluded police facility, the Ghana Police Service said on …

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Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 636. The Ghana Health Service confirmed on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 that 70 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in the country. An update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicated that the increasing number of cases can be attributed to the ongoing enhanced surveillance exercise. “As …

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Seventeen infected persons have recovered from the novel coronavirus, according to the Ghana Health Service. “We have 17 persons who have recorded double negatives and are obviously clinically cured,” Dr. Patrick Aboagye, the Ghana Health Service disclosed at a press briefing on Tuesday. “Currently, we have a definition of recovered as those who are positive …

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The Western Region has recorded its first case ofCoronavirus. According to the Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the case was recorded on Sunday 12th April. He says the confirmed case in question involves a Chinese foreign national, who arrived in Ghana on Saturday 21st March, 2020 and was in self-isolation for the mandatory period of …

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Two Police officers are currently nursing various degrees of injuries after they were violently attacked by residents of Likpe Nkwanta near Hohoe in the Oti Region while on a COVID-19 operation. One is said to have suffered a machete wound while the other has been left with a gunshot wound as a result of the …

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A group of people queuing for food A former secretary to the office of the Inspector General of Police Superintendent retired Peter Toobu has expressed concerns over the sharing of food in crowds in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. “The idea of distributing food both cooked and uncooked by people who do not carry …

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The victims were arrested by a joint police patrol team Information available to MyNewsGh.com suggests that the Ghana Police Service has arrested forty-Nine(49) people who were at a wedding ceremony Akaporiso a suburb of Obuasi. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his first update on the novel covid-19 ordered that public gatherings are cancelled except …

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