The minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has shot down any suggestions to close down Ghana’s schools as the country grapples to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease.

Final year students at the junior, senior and tertiary levels were ordered back in school late last month as the education sector was halted in mid-March following a surge in the country’s confirmed cases of the infectious disease.

The government’s reluctance to close down schools was met with disappointment from the Ghana Medical Association (G.M.A.) as they had hoped their suggestion of total closure would have been considered.

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Enumerating the reasons why the government could not close down the schools, the sector minister averred that female students would be susceptible to rape if they stay at home for a long time.

The calls for the closure of schools have been necessitated by a number of recorded cases across some second-cycle institutions which caused many parents to troop into the schools to fetch their children.

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Some African countries have either cancelled the school calendar or suspended final year examination. Conspicuous on the list are Kenya which will reopen schools in 2021 while Nigeria has cancelled all final year examinations.

Ghana currently has almost 23,000 case count with 129 deaths. The active number of cases is pegged at 5,129. The country places fourth pn the Africa chart only surpassed by South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.

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The Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana, Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has began a 14-day mandatory isolation on the advice of his doctors, a statement from his office has confirmed.

This was after he came into contact with some people who have since tested positive for the coronavirus. Thus, his isolation is in tandem with the safety protocols of the coronavirus disease.

In a communique signed by Cynthia Pamela Addo, Judicial secretary added that the 67 year-old chief justice will be working from his official residence at Cantonment, Accra.

The Supreme Court of Ghana had earlier postponed all cases pending this week for hearing after it came to light that several judges in the country have tested positive for the disease.

The past few weeks have seen a surge in reported cases of the coronavirus disease among top political and government personalities. Some doctors and other health workers have also succumbed to the disease as Ghana grapples to control its spread.

Currently, Ghana has a confirmed case of almost 22,000 with active cases now pegged at 4,683. The death toll is 129. Ghana places fourth in Africa as the hardest-hit countries only surpassed by South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.

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Ghana’s efforts to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease seems to spiral out of control. The country recorded 992 cases within the last 24 hours.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 21,077. The death toll has increased by seven to 129.

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The number of recovered cases has been pegged at 16,070 thereby leaving almost 5,000 active cases.

The government has come under intense pressure for not enforcing safety protocols as the country records daily surges in the pandemic.

It has also been criticised for putting the lives of the citizenry in danger when it went ahead with the new voters register and the reopening of schools.

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Ghana is on the list of the top five countries severely hit by the ongoing worldwide pandemic on the African continent. It is only surpassed by South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.

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Ghana has seen a dramatic surge in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease. The country recorded almost 700 cases yesterday thereby pushing the total tally to 20,085.

The death toll from the disease which also went up by five currently stands at 122. There has also been an impressive recovery rate since the new modality was used.

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A little under 15,000 people have recovered from the disease thus leaving 5,093 cases. The country places fourth with the highest number of cases on the African continent.

This is only surpassed by South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria. Africa has so far confirmed 432,421 cases with 10,646 deaths. A total of 207,148 people have so recovered.

The world-wide pandemic has so far reached 11.4 million cases since it was discovered in late last year. Total deaths as at today is 533,966.

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The recovered number of cases is pegged at 6,456,346 thereby leaving a little over 4.4 million active cases.

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President Akufo Addo has gone into a mandatory 14 days self isolation after his personal aide tested positive of Coronavirus, a press statement reveals.

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The statement also disclosed the President has tested negative on his first test today but doctors have advised a 14 self-isolation as part of precautionary measures.

It became necessary for the isolation after news of the death of Sir John and some top ministers test positive for the viral disease.

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The statement was released last night and was signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Read full statement below.

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