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The Finance Minister is to seek the approval of Parliament to spend one billion cedis under a Coronavirus Alleviation Programme to cushion Ghanaians as government tightens measures to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Announcing the package on Friday evening, President Akufo-Addo said the amount would mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on businesses and households and ensure that job losses are minimized. The president has declared a two-week restriction of movements in some selected metropolitan and district assemblies in four cities in the country to control the spread of Covid-19 starting Monday. Read: Covid-19: Akufo-Addo declares two weeks…

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have come to your homes, once again, as promised, on the matter which continues to grip not only the attention of the nation, but also of the entire world – the Coronavirus pandemic. At the time of my last broadcast, some six (6) days ago, Ghana had recorded twenty-one (21) confirmed cases of infections, with virtually all the cases being imported. I took the step to close all our borders, and I ordered a mandatory quarantine and testing of all the one thousand and thirty (1,030) persons who arrived at the airport at the time…

Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared a two-week lockdown in four cities: Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi. The directive comes into effect from Monday dawn, the president announced on Friday evening via a televised address. Explaining the need to restrict movements in these cities, the president said, although “Ghana has succeeded in halting any more importation of the disease into the country”, it was necessary “strictest measures are put in place to contain it” considering the prevailing circumstances. “Even though it may be said that the number of infections is still relatively low, if we act now, purposefully,…

Former MUSIGA President, Bice Osei Kuffour known in showbiz as Obour has confirmed that his father, Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, who contracted the coronavirus has died. The father had returned from the United Kingdom on March 19, 2020. He died on Friday evening while on admission at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) in Accra. According to the Ghana Health Service, the country has recorded four deaths out of the 137 who have tested positive for covid-19, noting that all the four “had underlying chronic medical conditions.” “Nana returned from UK on 19th March after his yearly visit to…

The Coroner’s Inquest into the death of High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, has concluded that the Nigerian billionaire did not die in Ghana after all. “…the Deceased died in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and before his arrival in Accra, Ghana”, said Her Worship Mrs. Eleanor Kakra Barnes-Botchway, sitting at the Magistrate District Court ‘2’, Kaneshie, Accra. The court in a ruling delivered on March 20, unearthed revealing details of the controversial and disputed death of High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, and concluded with a recommendation to the “appropriate authorities in the Federal Republic of Nigeria in accordance with prevailing…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed a total of 137 cases of coronavirus in the country after a 42-year-old Ghanaian tested positive in the Upper West regional capital Wa. The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih revealed that the victim had visited UK and Spain and returned to Ghana through Egypt before joining a public transport from Accra to Wa. Meanwhile, the Service has also recorded four deaths, noting that all the four “had underlying chronic medical conditions.” Giving a breakdown of the situation in the country, the Ghana Health Service said fifty-three (53) of the cases…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has finally announced it is suspending the mass registration for the Ghana Card indefinitely in the Eastern region. Interestingly, the decision is coming at a time the High Court has given it the green light to proceed with the registration exercise, after the court dismissed a suit brought against it. The NIA had suspended the exercise pending this ruling, after the mass registration in the region was injuncted. But the NIA in a statement on Friday said, “The decision to suspend the registration follows a careful assessment of the exercise in the region so far.”…

Documents available to 3news.com, prepared by the Ghana Police Service, point to a looming “partial to full lockdown” of four big cities in the country in the coming days. Cities to be affected are Accra, Tema in the Greater Accra region as well as Kumasi and Obuasi in the Ashanti region. A police operation strategy, contained in a police memo, sighted by 3news.com said the lockdown will be “executed in a bid to contain the spread of the Corona Virus”. As of March 27, 2020, Ghana has recorded 136 cases of the deadly coronavirus with four deaths. One person out…

All individuals who travelled into Ghana on or after March 3, 2020 are to be identified and tested for COVID -19, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed. Information Minister and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who confirmed the directive, said the President wanted all those individuals to be tested as was done with arrivals on Saturday night.“The Ghana Immigration Service, working with the Ministry of Communications and their agencies has a whole database of all these persons who came in,” he said, adding that some had been quarantined for two weeks without any signs of…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Johnson said he developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including a temperature and cough. He is self-isolating in Downing Street but said he will “continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus”. Mr Johnson was last seen on Thursday night, clapping outside No 10 as part of a nationwide gesture to thank NHS staff. In a video on his Twitter account, Mr Johnson, 55, said: “I’m working from home and self-isolating and that’s entirely the right thing to do. “But, be in no…