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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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Family of 3, including 11 month old baby burnt to death at New Takoradi
Posted on | CommentOn Easter Friday 10th April, 2020 a family of three was been burnt to death at New Takoradi in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. Mena Mansa, 28, the mother and her two children Paa Kwesi, 3 and Obaa Yaa, eleven months old … Read more →
Ghana’s High Commissioner to UK Paapa Owusu Ankomah tests positive for covid-19
Posted on | CommentInformation reaching www.233times.net is that Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah has tested positive for coronavirus. www.233times.net is told that the Former Sekondi Member of Parliament (MP) is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU). A … Read more →
Effutu residents block roads to protest use of SHS as Covid-19 isolation centre
Posted on | CommentResidents of Effutu in Cape Coast are protesting over the selection of Effutu Senior High School as an isolation centre for the treatment of Covid-19 cases. The school is among the institutions in the Central Region selected to host suspected … Read more →
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 →
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