Coronavirus updates As it happens (2020-04-09)
Apr 10, 2020
Covid-19: 79% of Confirmed Cases Imported – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that about 79 percent of the 313 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ghana are imported cases.
He says his decision to close Ghana's borders has been justified having recorded remarkable success with discovery of people with the virus.
Apr 10, 2020
Covid-19: Four Persons Recover In Ghana
One more COVID-19 patient in Ghana has recovered from the virus.
This brings to 4, the total number of people who have recovered from the disease in the country.
Apr 10, 2020
Covid-19: Akufo-Addo Announces 50% Reduction In Electricity Bill For 3month
President Akufo-Addo has slashed electricity bills for Ghanaians for the next three month to mitigate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
The 50% reduction includes both residential and commercial users for April, May and June.
Apr 9, 2020
Covid-19: Barbara Oteng-Gyasi Donates GH₵100,000 Worth Of PPE’s To Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality
The incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Prestea Huni-valley constituency, Hon. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, on Tuesday, April 7, presented some Personal Preventive Equipment (PPEs) to the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Health Directorate.
The move forms part of her numerous efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and also contribute resources to ensure the utmost safety of constituents especially frontline medical personnel at the various health facilities in the area, in their fight against the global pandemic.
Apr 9, 2020
France reports first decrease in coronavirus intensive care patients
France on Thursday reported its first fall in the number of patients in intensive care suffering from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, with 82 fewer people in intensive care units compared with the day earlier.
There are now 7,066 patients in intensive care, top French health official Jerome Salomon told reporters, adding that the total combined death toll in hospitals and nursing homes had now risen to 12,210.
Apr 9, 2020
UK PM moved out of intensive care
A spokesman for the UK prime minister said: "The prime minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery."
"He is in extremely good spirits."
Apr 9, 2020
WHO marks 100 days of Covid-19
By BBC News
On 31 December 2019 – exactly 100 days ago – the Chinese government reported the detection of a “pneumonia of unknown cause” to the World Health Organization (WHO).
That illness would come to be called Covid-19. First detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the disease has since swept across the world, infecting more than 1.5 million people, about 90,000 of whom have died.
The grim 100-day milestone was acknowledged by the head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a media briefing on Thursday.
In a sobering statement, Dr Tedros said Covid-19 had “overwhelmed health systems, disrupted the global economy, and lead to widespread social disruption”.
The pandemic, he said, was much worse than a health crisis, requiring “a whole-of government and whole-of-society response”.
“In the last 100 days, Covid-19 has shown us the damage it can mete out in wealthy nations,” Dr Tedros said.
So, what did happen in those 100 days? Here is a timeline of key events so far:
- 31 December 2019: China informs the WHO of "cases of pneumonia of unknown cause” detected in Wuhan
- 11 January: China reports its first known death from an illness caused by Covid-19
- 12 January: China publicly shares the genetic sequence of Covid-19
- 13 January: The first Covid-19 case outside China is reported in Thailand, heralding the start of its spread worldwide
- 23 January: A lockdown is imposed in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people
- 30 January: A “public health emergency of international concern” is officially declared by the WHO
- 7 February: Li Wenliang, a Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about Covid-19, dies with the disease
- 22 February: Italy reports its first coronavirus deaths, as it introduces social-distancing measures
- 11 March: The WHO labels the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
- 27 March: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus, the first known world leader to do so
Apr 9, 2020
Merkel offers 'cautious hope' for Germany
By BBC News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the "slight flattening" of the country's coronavirus curve offers some "cautious hope".
The number of confirmed infections in Germany rose by 4,974 in the past 24 hours to 108,202, climbing for the third straight day after four previous days of drops. There have been 2,107 deaths.
Merkel said: "I can say that the latest numbers on the spread of the virus give reason for cautious hope.
"The curve is flattening slightly. And the number of those infected is going slightly down. We can be very happy about that."
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Apr 9, 2020
Somali Journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin Says There Is ‘Nobody To Trust’ For COVID-19 Information
Somali freelance journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin has covered the news for 17 years, spending much of that time in one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist. Since CPJ started keeping records in 1992, at least 69 journalists have been killed in Somalia for their work.
After reporting on the killing of an Al-Shabaab commander for the Wall Street Journal in late 2014, Abdalle received anonymous death threats, and later survived a shooting attempt in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Apr 9, 2020
COVID-19 : I Would Have Given Cash, Free Electricity To Ghanaians--Kofi Akpaloo
The Founder and Presidential hopeful for the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has revealed that he would have given every Ghanaian money, free electricity if coronavirus happened under his administration.
According to him, he understands the hardship Ghanaians are going through for the inability to do business because of coronavirus scare hence he would have strategized and put monies in the pocket of Ghanaians.