The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has on March 25, released a press statement calling on the government to declare a lockdown in the country with immediate effect.
According to the Association, they want only persons providing essential services to be allowed to go about their activities in times President Akufo-Addo has described as “not ordinary.”
Part of the statement reads;
“The lockdown though not a comfortable decision for leadership and citizens alike is a proven option backed by science and along with the other measures will ultimately be in our best interest. We call on all Ghanaians to support such a move in the national interest to save our nation from the devastating effects of this pandemic”.
A video of Nana Addo speaking on the matter has emerged and according to him, the decision is still pending.
Nana Addo talked about the fact that there would be many consequences most people would face if the country goes under a lockdown.
According to the president of the country, he has received uncountable messages from individuals and organizations asking him and his government to take a decision to keep Ghana on lockdown for an immense treatment to be carried to curb the outbreak of Coronavirus.
Nana Addo again stated that since the decision is still on board for deliberations among other leaders of the nation, the necessary settled on the decision will be communicated
12 year old girl has being pregnant without identifying the man who is responsible for her pregnancy, at onipahiamoa a suburb of northern region.
The name aborsticnewsroom. gathered from the victim is Ruth . The young girl has been able to date four boys in their area within one month which has end her up in pregnancy.
Speaking to Ruth’s mother , she said when she noticed the symptoms on her daughter, she ask her daughter the responsible boy for the pregnancy.
, Ruth first disclose that Yaya a boy who lives close to their house, is the one because she have had sex with him some months ago
The suspected boy Yaya justify that though he has dated Ruth before but they have called off the relationship getting to three months, Yaya revealed.
The girl later accused other four boys whom she had relationship with, within a month , all the suspect boys also denied guilty .
Ruth the twelve years girl has become stranded and can’t identified the person responsible for her pregnancy, because of the affairs she had with four boys within one .
According to the mother, said her daughter is pregnant for seven month and they haven’t identify any boy yet.
A rather unfortunate news is that Ghana’s coronavirus cases has hit 132 cases with 4 deaths.
The sudden spike in case incidence is as a result of the mandatory quarantine and compulsory testing for all travelers entering Ghana, as directed by the president.
One person has been recovered and four confirmed died , now the the total case in Ghana is 132 persons.
Previously, it was 68 persons infected with the deadly disease, with 3 people confirmed dead but today the case have jumped to 132 persons , four dead and one has recover according to Ghana health service
Spain now has more coronavirus deaths than any country except Italy, after adding 738 fatalities on Wednesday.
The one-day spike increased Spain’s death toll to 3,434, exceeding the 3,285 deaths in China, but still far behind world leader Italy with 6,820.
Spain’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday infections in the country climbed by 20% from the previous day to 47,610.
The ministry said more than 5,000 people in Spain have recovered.
The outbreak has strained Spain’s health care system, particularly around the capital of Madrid where about half the country’s fatalities and one-third of confirmed cases have been reported.
China has lifted a lockdown on Hubei province where the novel coronavirus pandemic began, while the World Health Organization warned the United States could be the next center of outbreak.
China overall has seen vast improvements in its case load after implementing tough measures meant to keep people at home and prevent spreading the virus. Chinese health officials reported Wednesday 47 new cases, all of them among people who arrived from other countries.
The United States has seen the coronavirus spread rapidly in recent weeks, bringing its toll as of early Wednesday to about 55,000 confirmed cases with more than 700 deaths.
“They have a very large outbreak and an outbreak that is increasing in intensity,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said Tuesday, while noting increased testing in the United States could send that number higher.
Harris said 85 percent of the newly confirmed cases Tuesday were in Europe and the United States, and 40 percent of those were in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to see normal life resume in as early as a few weeks, while health officials say it is premature to do anything but insist on continuing measures to keep people apart so they do not spread the virus.
The U.S. Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a $2 trillion bill meant to help small businesses with loans, give money to families so they can spend, and to provide critically needed equipment to health care professionals who are caring for coronavirus patients.
Wednesday also brought a declaration of a state of emergency in New Zealand where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country would go into full lockdown for four weeks “to try to stop the virus in its tracks.”
New Zealand announced 50 new cases Wednesday, its highest daily total.
COVID-19 has reached nearly every country in the world, infecting 423,000 people and killing about 19,000, according to Johns Hopkins University figures early Wednesday.
Libya had been spared up until Tuesday when it announced its first coronavirus case.
Italy, which has the second highest number of cases and has seen the harshest effects recently with hundreds of deaths per day will be under stricter scrutiny as authorities seek to enforce a lockdown order that has been in place for more than two weeks.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced higher fines for those caught outside without an approved reason, raising the top punishment from about $227 to $3,300.
The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has confirmed.
Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health”, a spokesman said.
The Duchess of Cornwall has also been tested but does not have the virus.
Clarence House said Charles and Camilla were now self-isolating in Balmoral in Scotland, adding it was “not possible to ascertain from whom the prince caught the virus”.
– A 30-year-old man has drowned at the OLA beach in Cape Coast when he went swimming on Sunday.
The stoutly built man identified as Michael, popularly called Bodee by his colleagues, was among a group of workers from Quest International at OLA, a suburb of Cape Coast, who went to refresh at the seaside on Sunday.
A member of the group who pleaded anonymity told the press at the beach that they were swimming in groups when the incident happened.
According to him, the incident went unnoticed until the group converged under a summer hut at the beach and realized that their numbers were not adding up.
They raised the alarm when they could not find Michael. Leaders of the OLA fishing community performed some rites at the shore and not long after, Michael’s body was washed ashore.
Amidst wailing, the body was conveyed by the Police to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and preservation
The president of the republic of Ghana , Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo in his third nation address on corona virus updates declared Wednesday 25th march 2020 as national fasting and prayers day.
All the religions in the country are embarking the suggestion of the president to help fight against the pandemic disease .
According to scripture, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
The fasting begins today 6am to the evening 6pm and every Ghanaian is entitle to take part.
Many pastors in various churches have declare their support to the president, and is the nation believe that God will see us through after today’s fasting.
There has been no vaccine or drugs that has been introduce to cure covid 19 .
Ghana has recorded 52 positive cases of covid 19 , 2 have been confirmed died on covid 19 and 1, 030 people are quarantined.
Former Health Minister, Joseph Yieleh Chireh wants the government to immediately lockdown Accra, Kumasi and put the necessary systems in place before the coronavirus situation in the country gets out of hand.
The case count of the pandemic in Ghana currently stands at 52 with two deaths.
Speaking to Citi News, the Wa West MP said such a measure is necessary to prevent further spread of the disease.
“My candid view about lockdown is that it is getting too late and when you allow the situation to alarm everybody, the lockdown will be difficult to do. Indeed if you look at it, we have to explain in detail what the directives the President has given mean and what the implications are but the lockdown can only be in respect of the big cities.”
“Accra, Kumasi, by this time, there should have been a lockdown. It is unpleasant but in carrying it out, we will learn from the other countries. If we do not do this early and allow the disease to spread, by the time we lock down almost everybody will be in distress,” he said.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Samuel George, has written to the Speaker of Parliament to announce that he will be absenting himself from the House henceforth because of fear of the Coronavirus.
According to him, the house have not put any measures in place to protect them from the pandemic disease, and he can’t put his life as take.
He is, therefore, opting to work from home until adequate measures are put in place for his safety.
Woman commit suicide after texting positive of covid 19
The woman, a 35-year-old mother hanged herself to death after she tested positive for the coronavirus.
A suicide note left behind notes a confession with reasons being that she feared for her children’s safety and health.
Her body was recovered with a confession letter beside her corpse.The whole family was shocked by the news and also concerned with their health because they have spent a lot of time.
A source close to the situation as revealed to aborsticnewsroom. that the family wants to get tested for coronavirus as a result of the sad news.
Her sister says she saw how she was a couple of days before she committed suicide, she didn’t seemed well nor behaved normal but she didn’t take that to heart.
“This corona virus is getting rampant and I wish the government could find a quick solution for it because now our kids are dying and worse killing themselves”, the mother of the deceased said to the police.
Our condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
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