Coronavirus Updates
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China slams Japan, S.Korea with visa bans in retaliation of COVID curbs
China suspended issuing short-term visas in South Korea and Japan on Tuesday, after announcing it would retaliate against countries that required neg…
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China retaliates against South Korea, Japan over COVID curbs
China began retaliating on Tuesday against South Korea and Japan, two of the countries which have imposed COVID-19 curbs on travellers from China, th…
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Reintroduced COVID-19 measures at KIA start today
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL)’s new directive for passengers arriving from China and other countries starts today, Friday January 6. Pass…
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Hong Kong to allow import of hamsters after year-long COVID ban
Hong Kong’s government will lift a ban on the import of hamsters in mid-January, almost a year after more than 2,000 of the rodents were culled due t…
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[COVID-19] Passengers arriving from China to present valid PCR test result – GACL
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has said that effective January 6, 2023, passengers originating their journey from China will be required to…
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China media downplay COVID severity as WHO seeks detail on variants
State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of a briefing on Tuesday by its scientists to the World Health …
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Covid-19: Italy wants rest of Europe to test travellers from China
Italy has urged the rest of the EU to follow its lead and test travellers from China for Covid-19. The EU’s health officials could not agree on one c…
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Shanghai hospital warns of ‘tragic battle’ as COVID spreads
A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city’s 25 million people will get inf…
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COVID-19 is not yet over – Dr Djimatey
Dr Moses Barima Djimatey, the North East Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, has admonished reside…
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South Africa’s Aspen gets $30m grant to make vaccines
Aspen Pharmacare has wrapped up pacts to secure funding of $30 million from the Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovati…