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Global Hunger Could Double Due To Coronavirus Blow – UN

  • April 23, 2020

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID 19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic are expected to leave […]

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Ghana Tops Africa’s Ranking For COVID-19 Testing

  • April 21, 2020

Ghana has since its first two recorded cases of COVID-19 infections, traced a total of 86,000 contacts, out of which the test results of 68,591 had been received. Out of the number 1,042 persons, representing 1.5 per cent have been confirmed positive, with 67,549 (89.5 per cent), testing negative, and 99 persons have so far […]

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Lifting Of COVID-19 Lockdowns Not End Of Pandemic – WHO

  • April 21, 2020

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he is encouraged that several countries are now starting to plan how to ease social restrictions that restricted the movement of their citizens in the phase of COVID-19. He, however, has cautioned that the lifting of the “lockdown restrictions is not the […]

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President Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari Dies After Contracting Coronavirus

  • April 19, 2020

Official Spokesperson to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Garba Shehu announced the death of the Chief of Staff to the President. The late retired Brig.-Gen. Mallam Abba Kyari tested positive of COVID-19 following a trip to Germany and Egypt and was receiving treatment but unfortunately passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences […]

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Rwanda Orders Compulsory Wearing Of Masks In Public

  • April 19, 2020

Rwanda, through the Ministry of Health on Saturday, April 18, introduced an additional COVID-19 precautionary directive that urges citizens to wear face masks when at home and going out for essential services or activities. Dr. Daniel Ngamije, Minister of Health said this during an interview with the public broadcaster, Rwanda Television. The Ministry had previously called on citizens to […]

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Chinese Embassy Gives To Muslim Communities

  • April 18, 2020

The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has supported the Office of the National Chief Imam with relief items worth about GH¢110,000. The items, which comprised 2,000 bags of rice, 3,000 litres of cooking oil and 6,000 face masks, are to be distributed to residents of deprived Muslim communities in Accra to aid them during the restriction […]