Coronavirus updates As it happens (2020-10-25)
Nov 6, 2020
Accessing Loan, Chemicals In COVID-19 Was Difficult – Hohoe Best Farmer
Mr Emmanuel Ababio, the Hohoe Municipal Best Farmer, on Friday said access to agricultural incentives including loans and chemicals were difficult for farmers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said although there were loans available, the interest rates were high, hence the need to fall on family and friends to sustain production.
Nov 6, 2020
Ghana’s COVID-19 Active Cases Hit 947
Some 145 new cases have been reported.
This has increased the active cases to 947.
Nov 6, 2020
Tourism still going strong in Turkey, despite coronavirus pandemic
Despite the global ravages caused by Covid-19, Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry last week announced that, since the end of the local lockdown, the country had welcomed some 9.46 million visitors from various parts of the world, including many European countries.
The Turkish government lifted the national health lockdown in June 2020 and started international flight operations immediately, putting major precautions in place.
Nov 6, 2020
In Equatorial Guinea, Covid rules are a blessing to crowded classes
The economics teacher has to shout above the noise from a scene of educational chaos -- no fewer than 70 students are jammed into the classroom, asking questions, chatting to each other or moving around.
Yet, it could be argued, these are relatively better times for state educators in the impoverished central west African state of Equatorial Guinea.
Nov 6, 2020
With almost 60.000 new cases, France reports new Covid-19 record
Nearly 60,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours in France, almosst 20,000 more than on Wednesday, while Denmark shuts down over a mutation of the illness.
According to public health authorities, the number reached this level because of "problems in reporting test results." On Wednesday, France reported some 40,500 cases.
Nov 5, 2020
Covid-19 Second Wave Would Be A Stronger, Powerful War To Conquer — Apostle Kadmiel E.H. Agbalenyoh
A nation that immediately forgets the existence of its enemy would be fought back and destroyed because of its forgetfulness that reinforcement is possible.
Covid-19 after putting the entire world at a standstill especially in the economic development and mounting pressure on health providers while claiming billions of lives has resurfaced after some months when most people taught the pandemic has died down.
Nov 5, 2020
Monitoring Covid-19 progression in Paris through wastewater analysis
Laurent Moulin and his team at the Paris water department are playing an important role in tracing the progression of Covid-19 in the French capital, by analysing hundreds of wastewater samples from the Paris region.
“By analysing these samples, we can get a global picture of the Covid-19 disease,” Moulin, Paris water director of research, told RFI.
Nov 5, 2020
Covid-19 Resurrects, Ghana's Active Cases Rise Sharply Again To 877 From 620
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has rise from 620 to 877.
This was after some 132 new cases have been recorded.
Nov 5, 2020
Renewed Covid curbs for England, Italy as US sets grim daily record
England's 56 million people joined much of western Europe in a second coronavirus lockdown on Thursday, as the United States set a daily record with close to 100,000 new infections.
European governments are struggling to contain a fresh wave of the pandemic, which has now infected more than 11 million across the continent.
Nov 4, 2020
Covid-19: Ghana Records 132 New Cases
Ghana has recorded 132 new cases.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) confirmed in its latest report.