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Category: Africa News
COVID19: Search for female Guinean national who tested positive intensified
Source; Daily Graphic Security operatives in the Northern regional capital have intensified their search for a Coronavirus (COVID-19) patient who escaped from quarantine in Tamale. The escapee, a Guinean national was among the 10 ECOWAS…
Presidential appointees donate 50% of their salaries to COVID19 Fund
Source; Daily Graphic Some appointees of the President have decided to donate fifty per cent (50%) of their salaries, for the next three months to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. The appointees including Ministers of…
VP Bawumia donates 3 months salary to COVID-19 Fund
Source; Daily Graphic Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has pledged to donate his three months salary to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Fund established by President Akufo-Addo to help the vulnerable infected by the virus and also the…
John Mahama donates PPE to Ridge Hospital health workers
Source:johnmahama.org Former President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday presented one hundred sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) to health workers at the Greater Accra Regional (Ridge) Hospital in Accra. The presentation, according to Mr. Mahama,…
John Mahama calls for an urgent teleconference among ECOWAS leaders
Source; Citi 97.3 FM The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has called for an urgent teleconference among the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of…
Coronavirus: Ghana announces special life insurance cover for health workers
Source; Daily Graphic Ghana’s Health Ministry has announced a special life insurance cover for health personnel and allied professionals at the forefront of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response. A letter signed by the Minister of…
Africa knows how to fight viruses — they simply need the resources, fast
This article was first published on THE HILL opinion section BY K. RIVA LEVINSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR for THE HILL Only three people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the West African nation of Liberia. But even so, the country…
World Health Organization: Advice against restrictions
Source: CNN Many African countries are shutting their airports and land borders to keep out people from countries that have a high number of coronavirus cases. Hundreds of international flights have been canceled, schools have closed…
African countries shut doors against Europe, America to combat coronavirus
Source: CNN Africa has so far recorded relatively few coronavirus cases compared to the rest of the world, but governments across the continent are taking no chances as they race to stop the spread of the virus on…
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma donates masks, test kits to all countries in Africa
Source: CNN Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, says he will donate masks, test kits, and protective suits to all countries in Africa to help the continent in its fight against the novel…
