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General News of Thursday, 7 May 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

LIVESTREAMED: COVID-19 Press Conference by the Minority in Parliament

Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader

The Minority is currently holding a press conference to express their dissatisfaction in the manner with which government is handling the Coronavirus pandemic.

Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, making the address said the opposition is "deeply worried" about the increasing number of cases stating that the president should not have taken "the gamble to risk the lives" of Ghnaians when he lifted the lockdown.

He has asked government to desist from spreading false hope.

Meanwhile, Ghana, which recorded its first two cases count on March 12, 2020 has had a shoot up of the crisis to 3, 091 as of May 7, 2020.

Nine more patients have recovered and discharged making the total number of recoveries 303, as recorded on the website of the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

The GHS however says the death toll still stands at 18.

Watch live the address below