April, 2020

• 8 April

  Investigate killing of civillan at Ashaiman — CenVI GH calls on IGP

  

  BY PHILIP ANTOH THE CENTRE for Victims of Injustice (CenVI, GH) has condemned the alleged killing of a civilian at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region by a soldier on Monday April 6, 2020. According to CenVI,GH, the alleged killing took place in the Ashaiman municipality by a soldier who …

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• 8 April

  37 People die of CSM in Upper West

    BY MUNTALLA INNUSAH THIRTY SEVEN out of 214 persons under treatment have died of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper West Region. The Upper West Regional Director of Health, Dr. Osei Kuffuor Afreh, who disclosed this at a media orientation on Covid-19 in Wa by the Ministry of Information …

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• 8 April

  COVID-19: 34-year-old Nigerian remanded for taking blood sample of pregnant women at James Town during lockdown

  

  BY MUNTALLA  INNUSAH A 34-YEAR-OLD Nigerian national has been arrested for allegedly defying the government’s restriction order by going round to  take blood samples of pregnant women and other residents  of Gbese,  a suburb of James Town in  without legal authority. Chukwuka James  has, therefore, been remanded by the Accra Circuit …

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• 7 April

  Not all nose or face masks can stop spread of Covid-19 •Former D-G of GHS says

  

  BY PHILIP ANTOH THE FORMER Director General of Ghana Health Service, Dr Appiah Denkyira, has warned Ghanaians not to produce and wear their own face or nose masks because those ones cannot save one from contacting the deadly Coronavirus.   According to him, like the hand sanitizers, the nose and …

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• 7 April

  Republic Finance Holdings Ltd supports fight against COVID19

  BY MUNTALLA INUSAH REPUBLIC FINANCIAL Holdings Limited has announced that the Group will be making a US$2- million contribution collectively across all of the territories in which it operates, namely Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana, Barbados, Ghana, Suriname, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & …

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• 7 April

  Coronavirus: China reports no Covid-19 deaths for first time

  

  China reported no coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the first time since it started publishing daily figures in January. The National Health Commission said it had 32 confirmed cases, down from 39 on Monday. It comes as the government is under scrutiny as to whether it is underreporting its figures. The …

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• 7 April

  22-storey building saga : Director of KASS PLUS Company convicted for contempt

  BY MUNTALLA INUSAH THE HUMAN Rights Division of the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Nicholas Mensah Cudjoe Abodakpi, has convicted Adamu Awudu, a director of KASS Plus Company, for contempt. The court, in sentencing the representative of the 1st Respondent (KASS PLUS Company) to a fine of 2,500 …

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• 6 April

  Ghana needs total lockdown to fight Covid-19- CEO of Marrer Ghana

  

  BY PHILIP ANTOH THE CHIEF Executive Officer of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Mr Novihoho Afaglo, has stated that the only way Ghana can contain the spread of Covid-19 is to go for a total lockdown. Mr Afaglo said it was time for the government to …

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• 6 April

  Former NDC MP spends GHC 20,000 on COVID-19 fight

  

  THE FORMER Member of Parliament and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2020 Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Afram Plains South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Mr Joseph Appiah Boateng (JAB 1), has donated items worth GHC20,000 as part of his efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic in the area. Mr Boateng donated …

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• 6 April

  Address To The Nation By President Akufo-Addo On Updates To Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic

  

  Fellow Ghanaians, Good evening.   Nine (9) days ago, I came to your homes and requested you to make great sacrifices to save lives, and to protect our motherland. I announced the imposition of strict restrictions to movement, and asked that residents of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa …

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