Alternative Africa

Top Menu

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Reports
    • Africa-Observers
      • Read Reports
      • Submit a story
  • MORE
    • Health
    • News Now
    • World
    • Technology
Sign in / Join

Login

Welcome! Login in to your account
Lost your password?

Lost Password

Back to login
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

logo

Alternative Africa

  • Home
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Reports
    • Africa-Observers
      • Read Reports
      • Submit a story
  • MORE
    • Health
    • News Now
    • World
    • Technology
  • Republican congresswoman files Articles of impeachment against Joe Biden

  • WHO expresses worry as only 25 people vaccinated for covid so far in Africa

  • Worrying research says herd immunity may not be achievable even with high vaccine uptake

  • Mali to buy 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

  • Nigeria releases $16.9m to set up 38 oxygen plants amid COVID-19 surge

AfricaHealthNews Now
Home›Africa›Ghana records 271 new coronavirus cases a week after lifting lockdown

Ghana records 271 new coronavirus cases a week after lifting lockdown

By alternativeafrica
April 27, 2020
551
0
Share:

 London, April 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A week after Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo lifted a three-week lockdown, the West African country has recorded additional 271 cases of the novel Coronavirus, taking the country’s total positive cases to 1550.

Ghana records 271 new coronavirus cases a week after lifting lockdown

One more person has also died according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Sunday, April 26, 2020. The death toll now stands at 11 with 155 persons recovering from the disease

READ ALSO: SOUTH AFRICA ABANDONS CHINA, INVITES 200 CUBAN MEDICS TO HELP FIGHT COVID-19

Data from the Ghana Health Service also reveal that 62 percent of infected persons in Ghana are male while 38 percent are female. Sixteen percent of infected persons have a travel history with a staggering 84 percent having no clear history of travel.

Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gathering including religious activities and funerals by an additional two weeks.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gathering including religious activities and funerals by an additional two weeks.

He made this known during his eighth televised address to the nation on the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the country on Sunday, April 26, 2020.

Akufo-Addo said, “I have, accordingly, by Executive Instrument, extended for another two (2) weeks the suspension of all public and social gatherings, as set out in E.I 64 of 15th March, 2020, effective tomorrow, 1 am, Monday, 27th April.”

He continued, “I am encouraged that so many of our trotros, taxis, and buses are operating with a minimal number of passengers, and our businesses and supermarkets are enforcing the need for social distancing, the use of hand sanitizers and the wearing of masks for all patrons and staff.”

“I am fully aware of the sacrifices in reduced revenues that all businesses and enterprises are suffering. But, I believe we have no option but to sacrifice to defeat this virus. This is the time for sacrifice, so that we do not have to bear a greater cost in the future.”

Akufo-Addo expressed his displeasure with some Ghanaians aiding some West African nationals to enter the country illegally, despite the closure of our borders.

He said, some of these West African nationals who have been arrested, have later tested positive for the virus

SHARE ON:
TagsGhanaNew Coronavirus Infections
Previous Article

South Africa abandons China, invites 200 Cuban ...

Next Article

British countrysides form vigilantes to prevent import ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

alternativeafrica

Related articles More from author

  • AfricaNews Now

    Female officer among 6 more soldiers arraigned in Ghana for alleged coup plot

    October 1, 2019
    By alternativeafrica
  • AfricaBusinessNews Now

    Ghana constructs $480 million solar energy plant

    September 24, 2020
    By alternativeafrica
  • AfricaNews NowPolitics

    Namibia 2019 election: Citizens in six African countries to vote in Ghana

    November 12, 2019
    By alternativeafrica
  • AfricaBusinessNews Now

    Ghana, ECA, AU begin High-Level Policy Dialogue on harnessing benefits of AfCFTA for a Ghana beyond Aid

    August 20, 2019
    By alternativeafrica
  • News Now

    Ghana adds free cocoa drink to school feeding programme from September 2019

    August 21, 2019
    By alternativeafrica
  • AfricaBusinessNews Now

    Ghana woos more international visitors with free covid isolation, treatment

    January 5, 2021
    By alternativeafrica

Leave a reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

You might be interested

  • AfricaHealthNews NowWorld

    More trouble as CDC says runny nose, diarrhoea now symptoms of Covid-19

  • BusinessNews Now

    Kenya ratifies African free trade agreement

  • AfricaHealthNews Now

    Nigeria opens new 500 bed isolation centre as covid-19 cases jump to 254

Timeline

  • January 22, 2021

    Republican congresswoman files Articles of impeachment against Joe Biden

  • January 22, 2021

    WHO expresses worry as only 25 people vaccinated for covid so far in Africa

  • January 22, 2021

    Worrying research says herd immunity may not be achievable even with high vaccine uptake

  • January 22, 2021

    Mali to buy 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

  • January 22, 2021

    Nigeria releases $16.9m to set up 38 oxygen plants amid COVID-19 surge

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Lagos govt confirms first case of deadly coronavirus infection in Nigeria

    By alternativeafrica
    February 28, 2020
  • Keynote Address of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at 2018 Oxford Africa Conference

    By PSJ Africa
    May 14, 2018
  • Morocco begins regional integration by connecting Casablanca Airport with High Speed Train

    By alternativeafrica
    January 4, 2020
  • Kenyan govt pressure Facebook for data on Kenyan users

    By alternativeafrica
    November 20, 2019
  • Nigeria: 32,000 capacity Lagos rice mill to start production in 2020

    By alternativeafrica
    December 23, 2019
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail – Future agricultures
    on
    October 16, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail - The Zimbabwean
    on
    October 12, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • Ethiopia joins Africa's Artificial Intelligence revolution | Alternative Africa
    on
    October 2, 2020

    Spending on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Africa, Middle East to top $374 million in 2020

    […] Many African countries ...
  • The 5 most popular Africans 2020
    on
    September 25, 2020

    Celebrating Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the man behind breakthrough of Ebola cure

    […] Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe ...
  • Millitants in Central Mali Set Jail Ablaze in Attack Killing Two | taktik(z) GDI (Government Defense ...
    on
    August 11, 2020

    Fifteen gendarmes killed in another attack on Mali camp

    […] attack fol­lowed a January ...
AlternativeAfrica.com is an independent Pan African News Website dedicated primarily to influencing the negative narratives about Africa. We hope to do this by focusing and showcasing the many developmental strides sweeping across the continent.

Read more >>>

Contact Info

  • info@alternativeafrica.com
  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Republican congresswoman files Articles of impeachment against Joe Biden

    By alternativeafrica
    January 22, 2021
  • WHO expresses worry as only 25 people vaccinated for covid so far in Africa

    By alternativeafrica
    January 22, 2021
  • Worrying research says herd immunity may not be achievable even with high vaccine uptake

    By alternativeafrica
    January 22, 2021
  • Mali to buy 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

    By alternativeafrica
    January 22, 2021
  • Lagos govt confirms first case of deadly coronavirus infection in Nigeria

    By alternativeafrica
    February 28, 2020
  • Keynote Address of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at 2018 Oxford Africa Conference

    By PSJ Africa
    May 14, 2018
  • Macron in Ivory Coast to launch anti-terrorism academy

    By alternativeafrica
    December 21, 2019
  • Kenyan govt pressure Facebook for data on Kenyan users

    By alternativeafrica
    November 20, 2019
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail – Future agricultures
    on
    October 16, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail - The Zimbabwean
    on
    October 12, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • Ethiopia joins Africa's Artificial Intelligence revolution | Alternative Africa
    on
    October 2, 2020

    Spending on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Africa, Middle East to top $374 million in 2020

    […] Many African countries ...
  • The 5 most popular Africans 2020
    on
    September 25, 2020

    Celebrating Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the man behind breakthrough of Ebola cure

    […] Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe ...

Photostream

    Follow us

    • Home
    • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
    © Copyright Alternative Africa 2019. All rights reserved.