Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana has addressed Ghana the 17th time with updates on the deadly Covid 19.
The President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo has really been doing well when it comes to updating the Nation on covid19. Today happens to be the 17th Nation’s by the President. However, people are thinking this update is insignificant and unimportant since the major things needed to hear have been done already in the last update by the President. The article below will discuss a few of his speech excerpts.
President Akuffo in his speech has adviced Ghanaians to keep on eating and patronising the healthy Ghanaian food to remain healthy and boost immune system. Under that, the President also have discussed the drop in the number of covid 19 cases of the nation. He also encouraged us to be our own guards and protect ourselves. He further on spoke about a few number of covid 19 cases reported from the Kotoka International Airport.
The President also have congratulated the graduates of WASSCE and BECE despite the several criticisms. He has expressed his excitement and has pledged to even be the last person to even put the lives of the students into danger. He further on emphasised on the reopening of schools for the form 2 JHS and SHS students as well as continuing students of Colleges of Education.
He also talks about sports to begin soon . All sports including the Ghana Premier league and football is to begin on October 30th. Football training is to begin soon. All contact sports are allowed now especially Football.
Good news for us all because football is to begin soon. The stadium however is restricted in capacity. Only 25 percent of the capacity is to be used and all due protocols are to be taken. He says masks should be worn and players will be tested.
Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Summary of The President’s 17th Address Speech to the Nation
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Just IN: CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital tests positive for COVID-19
Information reaching GHBase.com is picking from grounds has it that Oheneba Owusu-Danso, CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has contracted COVID-19.
According to a report by Citinewsroom, he is currently on admission at a special ward of the health facility. The Hospital is yet to officially confirm, but a source at the facility is said to have confirmed that he’s responding to treatment.
Mr. Owusu-Danso has been widely praised for his commitment to fighting COVID-19 in the Ashanti region. He led the setting up of a COVID-19 testing laboratory in a bid to aid in the operations of existing ones.
Meanwhile, more than 200 health workers at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital who tested positive for COVID-19 have all recovered. On records, Ghana’s confirmed COVID-19 case currently count stands at 45,012, but the number of active cases is 831.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment.
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Ghanaian Times: Policy on reopening of basic schools amid Coronavirus
We reported in yesterday’s issue of the Ghanaian Times an appeal to the government to reconsider the decision not to open all streams of schools in the country.
The appeal, which was made by the Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), Mr Bright Appiah, said allowing second-year students in both junior and senior high schools to resume classes, while the rest stayed at home had worse repercussions for children.
In a statement issued in Accra in apparent response to the government’s decision not to reopen basic schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr Appiah said the social structure that existed among families, the society and the entire nation had not changed to accommodate and provide the needed tuition for children at home.
Additionally, he explained that the corporate environment of the country had not adjusted its time lines to allow families to spend more time with their children at home.
The statement further argued that the media, especially television and social media did not have adequate educational programmes to aid children’s academic growth at home.
“The government, since March 16, closed all schools due to spread COVID-19 in the country but had since reopened tertiary institutions, senior and junior high schools,” it said.
However, the government has stated categorically that those basic schools would remain closed until further notice.
The decision of the government, we believe, is purely based on science and data and so just as it has been able to do for other segments of the educational ladder, the government would reopen the schools when the time is due.
Do not forget, in July, pre-tertiary teacher unions in Ghana held a press conference in Accra and called on the government to shut down schools due to COVID-19 spread in the schools a few weeks after reopening.
According to the teacher unions then, measures instituted by the authorities to ensure safety of both staff and students had not been implemented to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Ghanaian Times believes that information provided by the teacher unions is very useful and if any consideration is to be made for the reopening of the schools, these are some of the pieces of information which should be taken into account.
We think the government must consider the suggestion from CRI whilst it considers all the necessary protocols before reopening the schools.
We agree with CRI that keeping the schools closed may affect the children’s education in many ways but as we know it now, we are not in normal times and COVID-19 appears to have come to stay and may be with us for a long time.
It is, therefore, in our interest and that of our children to tread cautiously while instituting measures that would prevent the spread of COVID-19 when the schools reopen.
Do not forget the children must be alive to attend school.
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New Update on COVID-19 cases on September 5th
Ghana has once recorded increase in the spread of COVID 19 since the virus invaded the country in March 2020. Today, some new cases of the Covid 19 pandemic has been recorded again, with deaths on the rise as the recovery rate have also risen massively.
According to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the number of total confirmed cases have now risen to 44,777 meaning there has been an additional 64 new cases today. The number of confirmed cases seem disturbing, but the number of recoveries and discharge is impressive.
There has also been an impressive 43,693 recoveries, which means the current and active cases in the country are only 801 now.
However, the country has unfortunately recorded 3 additional deaths and raised the figures to 283. As at yesterday, the deaths were 280 but has elevated today. Ashanti Region, Greater Accra and Western Region have the highest confirmed cases so far.
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COVID-19 Update; As Ghana Receives more Recovering Cases
The Ghana Health Service has once again released the latest updates on Ghana’s COVID -19 statistics as of 5th September 2020.
Per the latest updates on COVID-19 statistics as released by the Ghana Health Service,Ghana’s cumulative cases has climbed to 44,777 from the previous total count.
And this implies that, a new number of 64 infections have been confirmed and added to the previous figure of 44,713.
As the cumulative goes up,the number of COVID-19 patients who have been declared recovered after series of tests were carried out on them, has also leapfrogged to 43,693.Which shows a significant fall in the number of active cases.
However, the death toll has also experienced a slight rise of 3 new deaths hence pushing the death cases to tally at 283.
Meanwhile,the number of active cases currently left under care and management has dropped to 801.
The report indicates that, 14 of the active cases are in severe conditions and 5 also in critical conditions.
But we wish them a speedy recovery.
Please the COVID-19 disease is still with us therefore we must strictly adhere to all the protocols to stay safe.
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Nana Akuffo Addo Addresses the Nation on the Re-Opening of Airport and the Educational System
The President’s 16th address on measures taken to manage the Covid-19 was successfully delivered on Sunday, August 30, 2020 between 8pm and 8:15pm.
His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo eased some earlier restrictions to aid Ghanaians go on with their normal duties.
Latest Address Summarized DetailsOn reopening of Ghana airport, the President gave a strong assurance of possible reopening by September 1, 2020.
President also said, the active cases of Covid-19 is still on the decline. Comparing the last active Covid-19 cases (1,847) to the current active cases as at Friday, August 28, 2020, the cases has declines significantly to 1,059.
He pointed out that some regions with zero active cases are not obeying the Covid-19 rules especially the wearing of face masks.
The current survey by Ghana Health Service on wearing of mask in the selected areas in Accra has now reduced compared to the previous data. The President added that the recent poor adherence to the wearing of mask is not acceptable.
On reopening of Ghana’s airport, the President announced that the Kotoka International Airport will be opened effectively Tuesday September 1, 2020. He added that Ghana is very ready to test anyone who enters the country through the airport. All airlines that use the airport have been informed to strictly obey the laid down protocols. All persons using the port will undergo mandatory Covid-19 test before boarding an aircraft to Ghana and upon reaching Kotoka International Airport another 30 minutes PCR test will be conducted on all passengers. Those who test positive will be handed over to the health team for further action. Those who may test negative will be allowed to go to their various homes. Children below 5 years won’t be tested.
However, land and sea borders of the country will still remain closed
On Pre-tertiary education, the President directed that all JHS 2 students and SHS form two students should return to school from 5th October, 2020 to 14th December, 2020. The Junior High schools will operate at 30 students per class whiles SHS 2 students will operate at 25 students per class. They will spend a total of ten weeks and take their end of semester examinations. They will be supplied with all the necessary materials like veronica backet and face masks so they could adhere to the protocols. All students and their teachers including non-teaching staffs will also continue to enjoy one hot meal a day.
All visits to the various campuses and sporting activities on campus are still banned.
However Nursery to JHS 1 students and SHS 1 students will start school next year.
On tertiary institutions he stated that all tertiary institutions which has not yet conducted their final exams for the continuing students are allowed to go back to school to complete their various academic work.
Beaches, pubs and night clubs still remain closed until further notice.
On sports, the President said all contact sports particularly football will still remain at halt, but serious consultations are still on going to lift the restrictions. However all non-contact sports can go on as directed earlier.Dikoder.com
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COVID-19 WILL LAST FOR 3 AND HALF YEARS – PASTOR REVEALS
COVID-19 WILL LAST FOR 3 AND HALF YEARS – PASTOR REVEALS
The founder and leader of the Divine Citadel Of Christ Church in the Greater Accra Region, Apostle Felix Gadogbo has revealed that he had an encounter with God and it was revealed to him that the novel Corona-virus pandemic, COVID-19 is going to last for a 3 and half years from the day it was Identified before it will leave the world or a vaccine will be found in any country.
Even though many predictions has been made by Doctors and scientists, The revelation I had is the pandemic and its here to stay with us for 3 and half years. Do your best to live with it with pray also . He urged all person's to adhere to all the Covid-19 protocols to stay safe. Apostle Felix Gadogbo told the media during the preparation towards the 14th anniversary celebration of the Divine Citadel Of Christ Church in GA West Municipal in the Greater Accra Region today. -
Ghana Records 7 More Deaths: Covid-19
Ghana Records 7 More Deaths
Ghana Records 7 More Deaths, Case Count Now 35,142- COVID-19 UPDATE.
Ghana’s coronavirus case count per updates by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) now stands at 35,142 after 736 new cases.Seven more deaths have been recorded taking the tally to 175.
Active cases in the country now stand at 3,681 with 31,286 recoveries/discharge.
Regional breakdown below
Greater Accra Region – 18,205
Ashanti Region – 8,748
Western Region – 2,576
Central Region – 1,366
Eastern Region – 1,304
Volta Region – 593
Bono East Region – 483
Bono Region – 431
Western North Region – 363
Northern Region – 309
Upper East Region – 282
Oti Region – 192
Ahafo Region – 145
Upper West Region – 79
Savannah Region – 57
North East Region – 9.
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PANDEMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR SECOND CYCLE SCHOOLS.
PANDEMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR SECOND CYCLE SCHOOLS.
A visit to one of our second cycle schools in the Greater Accra Region, Madina to be precise. The life of a journalist is always at stake since they go length and breadth of issues on board to bring to their citizens what they need to hear or know, from time to time, and Thursday, 9th July 2020 was not exceptional in a life of a journalist, who went all out to bring to the general public what they need to hear or know.
Not long ago did we hear of a certain second cycle school in the Greater Accra Region’s student has come in contact with the world most fearful and deadly disease called coronavirus, which has killed tens of thousands in the world right now and its vaccine is yet to be found.
The school is no other school than, Accra Girls Senior High School also known as Agiss for short. Accra Girls or Agiss is an all-female second-cycle institution in Accra, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, and operates as a nondenominational day and boarding school. The school was established, September 30, 1960, in the Ayawaso East Municipality, in a popular town called Nima a suburb of Accra.
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PANDEMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR SECOND CYCLE SCHOOLS.
PANDEMIC ISSUES
Due to this issue, a journalist took upon himself, to visit Action Progressive Institute or Action Secondary Technical School, which is educational institution for secondary and technical education and is located in Madina Estate in the Greater Accra Region of Southeastern Ghana. The school was also established in the year 2000 in the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal District.
In an exclusive interview with Mr.Jerry Agyapong (The Head Master) and Madam Harriet Jackson (Assistant Head Mistress) this is what they had to say, respectively. I wasn’t happy to hear what happened to the said student in Accra Girls S.H.S. but I can say, that has make us to be more vigilant on our students here despite all the measures put in place on our campus.
He also said he is not that happy for the protest of parent against the hierarchy of the Accra Girls S.H.S, because as one student has been affected, the rest of the students are suppose to be tested and see if no other students has been affected too, then we can see the way forward. In conclusion, he said if the government of Ghana should cancel this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE), though it will be a big blow for them as heads of the various school,but he think it will be the right call from the government of Ghana, should anything like that comes up.
PANDEMIC ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR SECOND CYCLE SCHOOLS..dikoder.com
PANDEMIC ISSUES PANDEMIC ISSUES
Madam Harriet Jackson (Assistant Head Mistress) also said the Parents should exercise patience though is quite alarming to hear your ward in school has been affected by this deadly disease. You might not have it easy though, but all that i can say for now is that parents should please exercise patience. She ended her views with a word of advice saying; all the student’s body in all the second cycle schools across the country should observe all the protocols very well. That is, wearing of the nose mask, washing of hands regularly under running water with liquid soap and all other protocols should be observer as such.
Report by; Michael Agyenim Boateng
Report by; Michael Agyenim Boateng
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Discharge your duties diligently
Discharge your duties diligently to make Nana Addo proud.
Award-winning DCE for Offinso North Hon. David Kwasi Asare Boakye (Adwumawura) has cautioned cooks and security guards to desist from the habit of stealing school feeding items or other valuables because the laws of our land spare anyone who would be caught.
The DCE gave this caution at a short ceremony to hand over appointment letters, uniforms and other accoutrements to some 24 new employees comprising of 16 kitchen staff and 8 security assistants recruited under the Youth Employment Authority’s School Support Programme to work at the various Senior High Schools in the Offinso North District.
Hon. Asare Boakye added that they were fortunate to get employment in these dire times and encouraged them to discharge their duties diligently in order to make President Akuffo Addo proud of introducing the Free SHS program.
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Discharge your duties diligently Discharge your duties
Hon. David Kwasi Asare Boakye (Adwumawura), award winning DCE for Offinso North For their part, Messrs. Morgmah Johnson, a Senior Project Officer at the Offinso North District YEA office, and Michael Darbey-Tannian District Director of Education both congratulated the new workers and encouraged them to be very serious at their various posts.
Voices of Messrs. Morgmah Johnson, a Senior Project Officer At the Offinso North District YEA office and Michael Darbey-Tannian District Director of Education.
Finally, some of the lucky employees expressed their gratitude to their DCE, MP and President Akuffo Addo.
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FDA HAS FAILED GHANAIANS
FDA HAS FAILED GHANAIANS-THINK GHANA COALITION – Covid-19
Founder and President for Think Ghana Coalition; a Ghana-based non-governmental organization has tongue-lashed officials of Food and Drugs Authority.
Evangelist Isaac Osei-Wusu has chastised that the authority has failed to execute their mandate as in ensuring that the health of Ghanaians a protected.
He made this statement consequent to the influx of substandard nose masks which have gained access to the various markets.
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FDA HAS FAILED GHANAIANS
He fingered that the authority instead of deploying task force to clamp down all fake manufuctuers of the product (nose masks) have assumed a relaxed posture.
“They are not enforcing any action to address the situation”, he noted.
“At their full glare, a number of inferior nose masks with one layer of fabric are sold on the market to Ghanaians in the name of protecting them against the deadly covid-19”.
FDA HAS FAILED GHANAIANS
He strongly expressed disappointment over how FDA is portraying itself as a toothless bulldog which cannot bite.
Speaking to dikoder.com he challenged officials to deliver on their mandate and set up requirements for the manufacturing of nose masks in Ghana.
He also counselled that FDA must see to it that only certified tailors are allowed to manufucture nose masks in Ghana.
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Deputy Bono East regional minister commends media for excellent role
Deputy Bono East regional minister commends media for excellent role
Hon. Martin Oti Gyarko affectionately called “Local Boy” Member of Parliament for Techiman North Constituency who doubles as Deputy Bono East regional minister has commended the Media in Ghana for the excellent frontline role played in the fight against the novel Coronavirus.
Speaking in an interview with Hon. Oti Gyarko noted that had it not being the continuous education on our various platforms the figures of Ghana would have escalated with uncontrollable effects.
It is in this direction that he met the management of all 10 Radio stations in the Techiman Municipality at Encom hotel to thank them and also support their companies with some stimulus cash packages to cushion their work in these bad times.
Hon. Oti Gyarko confirmed that the current 13 positive cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Bono East region comprised of 11 males and 2 females who are all responding to treatment at the isolation centers.
Hon. Martin Oti Gyarko, MP for Techiman North and Deputy Bono East Regional Minister.
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Police to patrol churches and mosques in Kumasi
Police to patrol churches and mosques in Kumasi
The Kumasi Divisional Police Command has announced plans to deploy personnel to the various churches and mosques within its jurisdiction as adherents are preparing to worship in their numbers in the coming days.
This is being done to ensure police presence at the places of worship, for effective enforcement of the COVID-19 preventive protocols, following the easing of some of the restrictions on public gatherings by the government.
“We are anticipating most of the churches and mosques would be preparing to re-open to their members very soon.
“Therefore, our decision is to patrol these facilities in making sure that the health and safety of the members were not compromised,” Chief Superintendent Frank Abrokwah, the Kumasi Divisional Police Commander, told dikoder multimedia
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his recent address to lift the ban on church activities, said twenty-five per cent attendance with a maximum number of one hundred (100) congregants, could worship at a time in church or at the mosque.
This was to be done with a mandatory one-metre rule of social distancing between congregants, with a maximum duration of one hour for each service.
In addition to the mandatory wearing of nose masks, all persons at all times in churches and mosques must also register their names and contact details, while hand-washing facilities and sanitizers are to be provided for their use.
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IT’S IN OUR OWN INTEREST – COVID-19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES
IT’S IN OUR OWN INTEREST TO FOLLOW GOVERNMENT’s COVID-19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES…(MO SABULE CHIEF ADVISES)
covid -19 IT’S IN OUR OWN INTEREST
Nana Abobrim Yaw Dompo II, Chief of Mo Sabule who doubles as the Acting President of Mo Traditional Area has caution the people of Kintampo and the entire Ghanaian Community to take the COVID-19 preventive measures seriously and added that the virus is real and is here to stay with us
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IT’S IN OUR OWN INTEREST
Nana Dompo II also threw more light on the coronavirus pandemic and took the pain to intensify his advice to the public especially people within Mo Traditional Area that, they should be very vigilant since no one can tell where he or she can contract the deadly virus.Call Nana Abobrim Yaw Dompo II on:0246-781278
Story by: Mavis Davor || DFM || DIKODER.COM
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Mankessim market has been shut down for the meantime MCE
The municipal chief executive for mfantsiman constituency in the central region Kk Essuman has disclosed that mankessim market has been shut down for the meantime because traders ignored the social distance at the market.
According to him, he said that due to social distance they are planing for another method to be done so that the market will be operating next week. for that matter until further notice the market has been shutdown.Listen to the Audio for more details
Story by: Mavis Davor
