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Data is one of the most important weapons for fighting coronavirus – Bawumia

Vice President Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia says the gathering and availability of data will play a significant role in Ghana’s battle against COVID-19 pandemic. He said identifying suspected cases, testing and tracing contacts of confirmed cases and treating them had become the most effective tool for tackling the virus around the world. Launching the GH COVID-19 Tracker (an app to track COVID-19 cases in Ghana) in Accra, on ...

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We have a wartime leader in President Akufo-Addo – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says the speech delivered by President Akufo-Addo on April 5, in a broadcast to the nation, has reassured citizens in the fight against Coronavirus. According to him, the speech removed any premonition of ‘sinking into Dante’s Inferno’ and reassured the nation that we indeed have a wartime leader, ‘our Moses, to lead us to the promised ...

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Mortality rate Covid-19 higher than with comparable pneumonia

The outcome is still uncertain for a large group of patients in intensive care.But the first Dutch figures show that Covid-19 is more deadly than comparable diseases. Marten van de Wier April 7, 2020, 1:00 am   The death rates in intensive care are much higher in Covid-19 than in other pneumonia caused by a virus. According to Niels Gritters ...

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Coronavirus: President Akufo-Addo’s speech full of hope – Anyidoho

Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has showered praises on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his sterling leadership, powerful addresses to the nation in the midst of the deadly coronavirus. The former director of communication at the presidency under the late Mills era said the messages and speeches by the president inspired hope. ...

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Akufo-Addo affirms increase in Ghana’s cases of coronavirus

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday night, affirmed that 78 of the persons put under mandatory quarantine had since tested positive for the COVID-19. He said it was the additional confirmations that increased dramatically, the country’s total number of cases to 137 as of March 27, 2020. The President who was addressing the nation for the fourth time to ...

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EC withdraws Constitutional Instrument for new register over defects

The Electoral Commission (EC) has been compelled to withdraw a Constitutional Instrument (CI) it laid in parliament two weeks ago. The CI which was was expected to give legal backing to the commission to compile a new register had defects which were highlighted at a meeting between the EC and the subsidiary legislation Committee on Thursday. Consequently, the commission was ...

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Ghana card registration suspended indefinitely

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has suspended the Ghana card registration exercise in the Eastern region indefinitely. The NIA through a statement noted that the indefinite suspension of the mass registration exercise in the Eastern Region is until further notice. “This decision follows a careful assessment of the registration exercise carried out in the Eastern Region between Wednesday, 4th March ...

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Court gives NIA greenlight to continue Ghana Card registration in Eastern Region

Accra High Court has dismissed an injunction application seeking to stop the National Identification Authority from continuing with its Ghana Card registration in the Eastern Region. According to the court, the NIA’s decision to go ahead with the registration is not against the President’s directive suspending all public gatherings. The Judge, Justice Anthony Oppong explained that the directive did not ...

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