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Ghana’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) is pushing for a total lockdown to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak as countries across the globe introduce aggressive measures to stem the tide in the spread of the virus. With 24 confirmed cases, including localized infections and one death in Ghana, the TUC believes the risk of spreading the virus within the country remains high and required stricter measures than currently being implemented. Health officials say 575 people identified as having had contact with the infected persons in Ghana are being tracked for coronavirus. Ghana has since March 16 closed…

The University of Cape Coast has become virtually empty after management gave students up to Saturday March 21 to go home on the back of closures of all schools and universities following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Students have complied with the ‘go home!’ directive leaving behind a ghost campus. Many tertiary students across the country could not hide their joy when the directive came last Monday; a feeling expressing the sense that they would not worry about tests, presentations, assignments and lectures until further notice. In line with the President’s directive, the executive committee of the academic…

Former Hollywood producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for coronavirus while in prison. He is now in isolation, according to Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. Weinstein was found guilty of rape and sexual assault last month and sentenced to 23 years in prison. His lawyers have vowed to appeal against his conviction. Weinstein is being held at Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo in upstate New York. Two prisoners at the facility tested positive for the virus on Sunday, an officer who did not wish to give his…

A new sports talent management firm, TMM Sports Alliance, says it is targeting young people in Tarkwa and the Western region with effective management to help them join the best sportsmen in the world.   TMM Sports Alliance was launched at Tarkwa with the unveiling of its first signee, Seth Baiden, a right footed central midfielder who has unique tactics, speed and skills. Tarkwa is best known for gold mining activities while the Western region prides itself as being originator of the best. Over the years however, not much has been reported of sporting activities in the area. The Executive director…

The Media General Group will later today empanel health experts for a roundtable on Ghana’s surveillance, containment and treatment of coronavirus (COVID-19). Ghana has so far recorded 24 cases with 1 death, but health experts have warned the coming days will be dire for the country as the number of cases and fatalities in the country and across the globe keep rising. Even though the country has adopted a number of measures, including border closures, shutting down of schools, and ban on public gathering, to mitigate the spread of the virus, some experts believe more needs to be done. In…

Health authorities in Ghana are tracking some 575 persons identified to have had contact with persons who have so far tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which has killed one person in the country. One of them who developed symptoms, later tested positive, the Ghana Health Service has said. Ghana has since March 12 when the first two cases were confirmed, recorded a total of 24 cases with 23 existing as at 6:40 p.m. Sunday. “All the other twenty-three (23) confirmed cases are being managed in isolation; and are doing well on treatment,” it said on its website Sunday. Seventeen…

A pregnant woman travelling with her husband from Accra towards Cape Coast died on the spot when their vehicle got involved in a tragic accident at Gomoa Abotsia, near Apam. The Hyundai vehicle with registration number (CR 415-12) on which the couple were travelling, was run into by a Benz mini trailer with registration number (GE 5365-Z), travelling in the opposite direction. Assistant Division Officer (ADO) II Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), who confirmed the accident to the Ghana News Agency, said it occurred at 17: 20 hours on Saturday.…

Doctors who’d gone on strike indefinitely in Nigeria after not being paid for months have called it off. The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors said in a statement on Sunday that they’d decided to call off the action “for the sake of humanity”. It said “considering the recent coronavirus cases in the country and the commitment shown by stakeholders in the health sector” they would suspend their strike. Nigeria confirmed four new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its total to 25. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control confirmed that all the new cases had travelled from high-risk countries in…

As of 22 March 2020, 14:00 Hr. a total of 315 suspected cases have been tested for COVID-19 by Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). Twenty-four (24) of these have been confirmed at the laboratory as COVID-19. Twenty-three of the confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation and one (1) of the cases who had underlying chronic pulmonary condition prior to having COVID-19 has died. Among the confirmed cases, seventeen (17) are of Ghanaian nationality and seven (7) other nationals namely: Norway, Lebanon, China, France, UK. With regards to contact tracing, a…

There was a massive jubilation at Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region when nurses at the Damongo Government Hospital released one Adam Alhassan who was isolated and quarantined for almost 48 hours for showing symptoms suspected to be coronovirus. Alhassan Adam, 35, returned to Ghana from Italy on February 28 only to show signs of fever and cough in two weeks, symptoms many residents including his family suspected to be COVID – 19 He was immediately isolated on arrival at the Damango Government Hospital after been convinced to subject himself to a test by some opinion…