Coronavirus updates As it happens (2020-05-03)
May 3, 2020
Bui Power Authority Donates GHC50,000 To Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund
The Bui Power Authority has presented a cheque for Ghc50,000 to the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund to support the construction of a 100-bed infectious disease isolation and treatment facility in Accra.
Cherie Lawson Adamu, Corporate Affairs Manager for the Bui Power Authority, handed over the cheque to the Managing Trustee of the Fund, Mr. Senyo Hosi at a ceremony at the Ga East Hospital, where the facility is being built.
May 3, 2020
Covid–19: Ada West Assembly Member Beaten To Pulp
Mr Fredrick Nartey Dodzi, Assembly member for Wokumagbeh electoral area, is now nursing his injuries after receiving severe beatings from a resident.
He told GNA that he received a call from the COVID- 19 team that members would be coming to his electoral area to take samples of the Okada boys for testing.
May 3, 2020
Covid-19: Health Experts Should Lead The Fight, Not Politicians - Dr. Anyagre
Dr Benjamin Anyagre, Executive Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute (KNII), said this in an interview that the covid-19 fight should however by no means serve as a source of political competing and rivalry.
He said whilst health workers in Africa were doing their best to curb the pandemic, COVID-19 had exposed certain weaknesses within the governance systems on the continent that needed corrections.
May 3, 2020
Covid-19: 5 Out Of 10 People Wears Nose Masks In Koforidua — Survey
A survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Koforidua in the Eastern Region reveals that almost five people out of 10 are seen wearing face masks.
Mr Elvis Attafuah, a resident of Korle Nkwanta, a suburb of Koforidua who shared his experience said, due to the relaxation of the lockdown, the movement of people have become dangerous as one would not know who is the carrier of the virus, so the only way out is to start using the face mask for safety.
May 3, 2020
Covid-19: Basic Needs, CSOs Donates To Mentally Ill Persons In Accra
The presentation which is meant to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus was made to vulnerable persons in five communities; Pokuase, Mayera, Dedeiman, Teshie, and Nungua in Accra.
The donation was supported by the Civil Society Platforms (CSO's) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
May 3, 2020
Journalists Has 'Antidote 'To COVID-19 Misinformation - UN Secretary-General
Mr Guterres made the appeal in a video message to mark World Press Freedom Day.
In 1993, the UN General Assembly proclaimed May 3 as World Press Freedom Day following a recommendation adopted at the 26th session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991.
May 3, 2020
Covid-19: Roll Out Social Interventions For Rural Farmers
In a statement issued and signed by its Executive Director, Mr David Ewusi Asare in Cape Coast, the NGO encouraged the Government to act fast.
While commending the Government for the drastic measures taken to contain, treat and stop the spread of COVID-19, it noted that most of the interventions to mitigate the impact of the disease, only benefited the rich and city dwellers.
May 3, 2020
Atewa Forest Mining Listed As "High Risk" Post COVID-19 Venture
This, Global Community said was due to pre-existing risks and controversies before the onset of the pandemic and if pursued, some of the projects would harm and destroy forest, marine, desert, river, or other increasingly fragile and remaining intact ecosystems, and the people who depended on them.
China's Ministry of Commerce and the China Development Bank (CDB) in February jointly issued a “Notice on the COVID-19 Pandemic Situation and Development of Financial Services in Supporting the High Quality Joint-Construction of the Belt and Road”.
May 3, 2020
Stop Testing Dead Bodies for COVID-19, Revise Observation Protocol – Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan Recommends
Washington, DC 4th May 2020 – Infectious disease scientist, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan has said that “Liberia’s extremely high case fatality rate of 10-11% is unrealistic and questionable since these numbers come from COVID-19 testing of dead bodies that may not have haboured the virus several hours or days after a person was pronounced dead.”
The Liberian scientist raised the concerns on 29th April 2020 as he analyzed Liberia’s COVID-19 Pandemic data on Monrovia’s OK FM 99.5 “The Conversation” with Julius Jeh. Liberia seems to have the highest case fatality rate in the West African sub-region.
May 3, 2020
Italy deaths near 29,000
By BBC News
Italy has reported 174 new coronavirus-related deaths, which is the country's lowest toll since lockdown measures were rolled out in early March.
The total number of people who have died is 28,884, while the total number of cases has increased to 210,717.
There are 17,242 patients in hospital with symptoms, 1,501 in intensive care, while 81,436 are self-isolating at home.
Italy is preparing to relax measures from Monday, with people being allowed to visit their relatives in small numbers. Parks, factories and building sites will reopen, but schools will not restart classes until September.