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US Embassy in Accra opens thousands of new visa slots; urges World Cup travellers to apply early
Posted on with No CommentThe United States Embassy in Accra has announced an expansion of visa processing capacity, opening “thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment slots,” with many said to be immediately available. The move is a direct effort to manage anticipated high demand … Read more →
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Coronavirus: New York using mass graves amid outbreak
Posted on | CommentImages have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise. Workers in hazmat outfits were seen using a ladder to descend into a huge … Read more →
COVID-19 testing: Results from 10,000 samples to determine next line of action
Posted on | CommentThe results of about 10,000 more samples in the coming week will determine the government’s next line of action in the fight against the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed. He says, the outcome of these … Read more →
COVID-19: Gov’t absorbs electricity bills for the next 3 months
Posted on | CommentGovernment has decided to absorb the electricity bills of Ghanaians for the next three months. Electricity bills for lower consumption especially for the poor is being absorbed by the government for the next three months starting from April while in … Read more →
Ghana’s confirmed covid-19 cases hit 378
Posted on | CommentGhana has recorded an additional 65 new cases of coronavirus, President Nana Akufo-Addo, has announced. This brings the total confirmed cases to 378 as at April 9, the President said. He made this known in his sixth update to the … Read more →
South Africa extends lockdown by further 2 weeks
Posted on | CommentSouth Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the country’s coronavirus lockdown will be extended by a further two weeks. He had imposed a 21-day lockdown on the country’s 56 million inhabitants on 23 March, enforced by the police and the … Read more →
Shama MP supports COVID-19 prevention with disinfectants, Veronica buckets
Posted on | CommentThe Member of Parliament for Shama, Ato Panford, in response to calls for assistance in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Shama District, has presented GHS 22,000 worth of disinfectants and about 100 Veronica Buckets to the District Health … Read more →
Coronavirus: Worst economic crisis since 1930s depression – IMF
Posted on | CommentThe coronavirus pandemic will turn global economic growth “sharply negative” this year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Kristalina Georgieva said the world faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. She … Read more →
Too early to lift UK lockdown – UK Foreign Secretary
Posted on | CommentForeign Secretary Dominic Raab leads the UK briefing with Boris Johnson absent. He says the lockdown is being assessed but it is still too early to ease restrictions. PM Johnson remains in intensive care but making “positive steps.” Confirmed coronavirus … Read more →
Coronavirus: World Bank predicts sub-Saharan Africa recession
Posted on | CommentSub-Saharan Africa will this year suffer its first recession for 25 years as a consequence of the coronavirus outbreak, a World Bank report predicts. In a grim assessment, the bank says that the region’s economy could shrink by as much … Read more →
British PM Boris Johnson coronavirus condition ‘improving’
Posted on | CommentBritish Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, coronavirus condition, is seeing an improvement. The PM has been in the intensive care unit of the St Thomas Hospital In Central London since Monday evening, April 6. He had been taken to the hospital … Read more →
COVID-19: UK records 900 new deaths
Posted on | CommentThe United Kingdom recorded a staggering 900 new coronavirus deaths within a period of 24 hours. The British National Health Service (NHS) made this known in a post on its official Twitter handle. According to NHS, the new deaths have … Read more →
Central Region records first case of COVID-19
Posted on | CommentThe Central Region of Ghana has recorded it’s first case of COVID-19. This is as a result of an ongoing enhanced contact tracing and testing which has resulted in increased number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 313. As at 7th … Read more →
Ghana records 313 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths
Posted on | CommentGhana has recorded a total of 313 COVID-19 cases with one more death making it 6 deaths so far. The Central Region has also recorded its first case of the virus. Find below the latest update from the Ghana Health … Read more →
Coronavirus: US records highest death toll in single day
Posted on | CommentThe US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1,800 fatalities reported on Tuesday. It brings the total number of deaths in the country to nearly 13,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The … Read more →
COVID-19 Global count: 1.43 million people infected
Posted on | Commentn estimated 1.43 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally. This is according to the Johns Hopkins University . The University says over 82,000 persons have died from the virus globally. DGN Online has been tracking the … Read more →
Spain deaths rise; WHO warns against lifting curbs
Posted on | CommentSpain said fatalities and new cases rose to the highest in four days, infections in Germany increased by the most in three days and Belgium had its deadliest day of the outbreak so far. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition … Read more →
PHOTOS: Dr. Emmanuel Coomson invents medical face shield to fight coronavirus pandemic in Ghana
Posted on | CommentAs coronavirus has become an invisible enemy the world is fighting and invention has become very necessary in these trying times, the Medical Superintendent at Essam Government Hospital in the Bia West District of the Western North Region, Dr Emmanuel … Read more →
Health workers deployed for contact-tracing in Tema
Posted on | CommentThe Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate has deployed eight contact tracing teams to interact with residents and possibly test those who would be identified as suspects. The health teams have so far successfully traced 41 out of the 46 contacts who … Read more →
VIDEO: Kenya President Kenyatta gives Ksh.100 million in coronavirus funds to Musicians, Actors
Posted on | CommentPresident Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to set aside Ksh.100 million to to cushion local artistes from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the Nation on the state of the COVID-19 outbreak in … Read more →
COVID-19: Ghanaians to enjoy waakye, kenkey, kooko for free – Gender Minister
Posted on | CommentGovernment has revised method used in the distribution of free meals to over 400,000 Ghanaians in locked-down areas amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana. Per the new arrangement, local food sellers in designated localities are going to be resourced to … Read more →
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