Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a partial lockdown of some parts of the country in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
The country in less than three weeks has seen a spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases from 2 on March 12 to 137 on March 27.
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans to close all the country’s borders to human traffic for the next two weeks, beginning midnight on Sunday, March 22.
This follows the sharp increase in Ghana’s confirmed coronavirus cases in the last eight days…
The Ghana Health Service has rejected reports that 8 coronavirus patients in Ghana have recovered.
Social media including Facebook and Twitter have been buzzing with reports about the recovered patients and at a point, #8Ghanaians was trending as one of the most discussed topics on twitter in Ghana.
”All Public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, sporting events and religious activities, such as services in churches and mosques, have been suspended for the next four (4) weeks. Private burials are permitted but with limited numbers, not exceeding twenty-five (25) in attendance.”
Ghana’s government is strongly discouraging all travel to the country until further notice, starting March 15.
This comes after the West African country confirmed four new coronavirus cases within its jurisdiction, making six, the total number of confirmed cases in the country.
Ghana has confirmed four more coronavirus cases within its jurisdiction. This makes six, the total number of confirmed cases in the West African country. The
A Citi TV video interview with the Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare in which he is heard announcing that two suspected coronavirus cases have proved negative following lab tests is not new.
The video is being widely circulated on social media including WhatsApp and Facebook to discredit the confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana and announced on March 12.
Ghana’s Minister for Health has confirmed two cases of the deadly coronavirus or COVID-19 in the country on Thursday, March 12.
“Both individuals returned to Ghana from Norway and Turkey. So, these are imported cases of CONVID-19,” Kwaku Agyeman-Manu revealed.
“It is false, the BBC has not reported that!” BBC correspondent in Ghana, Thomas Naadi said to GhanaFact.
This follows a viral screenshot of a story allegedly published by the BBC claiming Ghana has recorded its first confirmed coronavirus case.
“You have to apply to the Office of the Chief of Staff if you believe you want to travel and the Chief of Staff would make a determination if it is a critical one,” Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah stated in an interview with GhanaFact…
