COVID

GIJ Closed Down As A Staff Tests Positive For Covid-19
25 Aug

GIJ Closed Down As A Staff Tests Positive For Covid-19

Jackson Odom KpakpoNews,
GIJ Closed Down As A Staff Tests Positive For Covid-19 The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has reportedly been closed down after one of its staff members tested positive for Covid-19. Sources with GIJ said the staff has been isolated and is under management.   The management urged all others to observe strictly the protocols outlined by authorities in curtailing the spread of the virus. “Management wishes to announce to both teaching and non-teaching staff that the Institute will be on recess for one week effective Tuesday 18th August 2020,” a notice to staff said. “Work resumes on Wednesday 26…
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Ghana Records 117 New Coronavirus Cases
25 Aug

Ghana Records 117 New Coronavirus Cases

Jackson Odom KpakpoNews
Ghana Records 117 New Coronavirus Cases   Ghana has recorded 117 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed cases to 43,622. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 41,695 persons who tested positive to the virus have recovered/discharged with 263 deaths. The current number of active cases stands at 1,664, with 16 in severe condition and six critically ill. In the Ghana Health Service (GHS) update, the new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was derived from Routine Surveillance, which was 17,008, and that of Enhanced Contact Tracing being 26,614, as at August 21, 2020. It said Ghana’s positivity rate between March and August also stood…
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Ghana’s COVID-19 Death Toll Now 261; Active Cases Fall To 1,723
21 Aug

Ghana’s COVID-19 Death Toll Now 261; Active Cases Fall To 1,723

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Ghana’s COVID-19 Death Toll Now 261; Active Cases Fall To 1,723 Barely 24 hours after the Ghana Health Service reported that eight more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, five more people have been reported dead from the virus, taking the country’s death toll to 261. The total case count of the highly infectious disease now stands at 43,260 with a total of 41,276 people either recovered or discharged. The current active cases has dropped slightly from 1,875 to 1,723 with 166 new cases recorded. Of the active cases, 16 and six persons are in severe and…
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