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Seth Abanfo Essiam

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Mar 23

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku’s son has coronavirus

Stay safe, COVID-19 is real

Mar 21

Health activists, social commentators are advising against recalling retired health professionals

They have a very convincing argument

Mar 21

US to shell out $1,000 to every American in trillion dollar economic stimulus package

That’s $3,000 (GH₵16,860) for a family of four (4)

Mar 21

US moves to save small businesses from the scourge of COVID-19

Ivanka Trump calls small businesses “the backbone” of the American Economy

Mar 17

German automaker VW is closing Europe plants for 2 weeks

Volkswagen says it is shutting down most of its European plants for two weeks due to the virus outbreak

Mar 17

Kenya’s Central Bank refocuses on mobile money payments but Bank of Ghana didn’t get the memo

Cash is known to aid in the transmission of Coronavirus

Mar 16

Akufo-Addo charges industry leaders to ramp up local production in COVID-19 fight

Time to localize the solution?

Mar 16

Video: The Bill Gates TED Talk that could have saved a lot of people

“There’s no need to panic … but we need to get going.”

Mar 15

Al-Aqsa mosque, third holiest site in Islam, closes over virus concerns

Prayers to continue outside

Mar 15

Pope Francis prays for the end of the Coronavirus pandemic

He left the Vatican to make a surprise visit to two churches

Mar 15

U.S. Internet service providers offer free Wi-Fi for 60 days

In a bid to help people stay indoors and not come out to contract Coronavirus

Feb 16

Quarantined Diamond Princess Cruise Ship has 70 new cases of Coronavirus

In spite of that, the US government is planning to evacuate Americans from the ship

Feb 16

Egypt confirms Africa’s first case of coronavirus

The affected person is a ‘foreigner’ who has been hospitalized and isolated

Feb 14

China’s National Health Commission revises down coronavirus death toll after duplications were detected

Higher numbers of reported infections and deaths were revised down by China’s main health body, after duplication was discovered in data collection and recording.

Feb 12

Mobile World Congress called off over coronavirus fears despite assurances from authorities

Bowing to the inevitable, the GSMA telecoms association that hosts the get-together said it had canceled the event planned for Feb. 24-27 despite assurances from local and national health officials that it would have been safe to hold it.