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Funding challenges, pandemic stalled interchange projects in Ashanti Region – Asenso-Boakye
Former Minister for Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has dismissed claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) deliberately...
Afro Harmony laments drop in band bookings after COVID pandemic
Afro Harmony has opened up about the challenges they faced after the Covid-19 pandemic and how the music industry has evolved since then.
The band...
Mystery virus breaks out in China, sparks fear of another pandemic
China is reportedly being ravaged by a mysterious viral outbreak that is overwhelming some hospitals.
Videos on social media appear to show hospital units overrun with...
Next pandemic could be caused by air pollution – Experts warn
Clean air and environmental experts from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), along with global collaborators, have issued a dire warning that...
Ghana is the only country paying tax for a pandemic that has passed –...
Former President John Mahama has criticized the ongoing taxation in Ghana related to COVID-19, stating that the country is still burdened with taxes for...
Non-Communicable Diseases are next pandemic in Ghana – Health experts warn
Health experts have issued a stark warning that Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) could become the next global pandemic following COVID-19 if immediate measures are not...
NCDs are the next pandemic – NHIA CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Aboagye Dacosta has raised alarm about the increasing rate of Non-Communicable Diseases...
Ghana’s economy will not return to pre-pandemic average growth rate of 5.3% in 2025
Ghana’s economy will not return to the five-year pre-Covid-19 pandemic average growth rate of 5.3% in 2025
According to Fitch Solutions, this is due to...
20 receive invitation to cohort 2 of Emergency Preparedness and Response to Pandemic course from...
Twenty health personnel from across the country have been selected for the second cohort of the Emergency Preparedness and Response to Pandemic short course by...
Ethiopia launches the Pandemic Fund mega project against potential pandemics
In a remarkable move towards strengthening its defenses against potential pandemics, Ethiopia officially launched the Ethiopian Pandemic Multi-Sectoral Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Project (EPPR)...
Budgit advocates for robust primary healthcare amidst pandemic realities
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Budgit, a prominent civil society organization has called for a robust primary healthcare system in Ghana.
This vital...
Supreme Court strikes out law that allowed govt to impose restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision declared as unconstitutional the law that allowed government to impose restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Parliament in...
Covid-19 pandemic has passed – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has officially reiterated the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration that COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency.
The WHO first declared...
Safeguarding Ghana’s future against pandemics through public health emergency fund
Infectious diseases have had adverse effects on humans all around the globe through the years.
Diseases such as yellow fever, meningitis, Cholera, Monkey Pox, Ebola,...
Ghana’s economic crisis bigger than a pandemic – Barker-Vormawor
A convener of the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, says the country’s present level of economic crisis is one bigger than a pandemic.
According to him,...
End of COVID-19 pandemic in sight – WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on...
No HIV in COVID vaccines; Ghana’s spiking HIV rate nothing to do with pandemic...
A senior research fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr Isaac Darko Okyere, has refuted claims that HIV proteins were...
The excuses of COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war as causes of Ghana’s economic woes inappropriate
The Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta’s presentation of the much awaited 2022 mid-year fiscal policy review of the budget statement and economic review of...
Lesbian couple who lost their jobs during pandemic wins free IVF cycle on Instagram
A lesbian couple who lost their jobs in the Covid-19 pandemic eager to become parents won a free IVF cycle from an Instagram giveaway.
As an LGBTQ+...
Access Bank touts success amid covid-19 pandemic
Access Bank (Ghana) Plc has recorded an impressive growth performance across key indicators of its operations for the year ended 31st December 2021.
This...
Mahama writes: A pandemic treaty cannot leave solidarity to chance
Former President John Mahama has called for the creation of a new international system to salvage countries deserted in the face of major health...
Learning from the TB Pandemic
As countries around the world - from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden - relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19...
Treat road crashes as pandemic and reduce it – Akufo-Addo charges police
JoyNews/AdomNews · Treat road crashes as pandemic and reduce it- Akufo Addo charges police
President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed the Police Service to, as a...
Covid pandemic cost European clubs 7 bn euros
A study by governing body Uefa showed the Covid-19 pandemic cost European clubs seven billion euros across two seasons even as player wages at...
Wealth of world’s 10 richest men doubled in pandemic – Oxfam
The pandemic has made the world’s wealthiest far richer but has led to more people living in poverty, according to the charity Oxfam.
Lower incomes...
Covid-19: Ghana experiencing a fourth wave of pandemic – GHS
Ghana has chalked another grim milestone as afar as the Covid-19 virus is concerned.
The country, according to experts, is experiencing its fourth wave...
Tonga records first coronavirus case since start of pandemic
Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday.
The infection was detected in...
Online food delivery; a blessing in a pandemic recovering world
On a cold Friday evening, Mrs Amoako returns from work and realises that she has been so busy and forgot to get groceries. It...
Sexually transmitted infections fall during pandemic
Cases of newly diagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are down by a third in England, data reveals.
Experts say the drop is partly due to...
Blood donation rate falls in Africa in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
Blood donation has fallen by 17% in the African region in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused widespread disruptions to key...
Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 25th address on measures to deal with Covid-19 pandemic
I am embarking on a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium and South Africa, as part of efforts being made to ensure our...
COVID-19: Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians on measures against pandemic
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will address the nation at 8:00 pm this Sunday, May 16, 2021, on the management of the coronavirus...
Cost of 2020 elections reduced in spite of Covid-19 pandemic – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the adoption of best procurement practices and diligence led to a huge reduction of cost in the conduct of...
How Nii and Ayo opened La Cocina Mexicana restaurant at height of Covid-19 pandemic
‘We knew it would be tough but the thought of meeting the needs of our new found customers and a desire to introduce authentic...
Covid pandemic: Biden eyes July 4 as ‘Independence Day’ from virus
President Joe Biden has said he is hopeful that America can “mark independence” from Covid-19 on 4 July if people get vaccinated.
In his first...
Okoe Boye writes: We can end COVID-19 pandemic this year if we do these...
Today, the 9th of March,2021, is exactly one week since the Ghana government started vaccinating its citizens against the COVID-19 disease.
As a physician...
I bought my third jet during coronavirus pandemic – Pastor boasts
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International in Nigeria, Apostle Johnson Suleman, says he bought his third jet during the raging COVID-19 pandemic...
How to cope with pandemic anxiety: 7 practical tools
Few events in modern history have harmed the emotional well-being of people around the world as has the Covid-19 pandemic.
The threat of contracting or...
Will the pandemic have a significant environmental impact?
In a matter of months, the world has been transformed. Thousands of people have already died, and hundreds of thousands more have fallen ill,...
Stop wildlife trade to prevent future pandemics
To prevent further major outbreaks of novel diseases such as Covid-19, H5N1, SARS and MERS7, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) calls for a halt...