Health

Oko Boye sworn in as Deputy Health Minister [photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in Dr Bernard Oko Boye, as a Deputy Health Minister.Dr Boye was recently appointed by the President and was...

Doctor’s skin turns darker after surviving coronavirus [photo]

Chinese doctors brought to the brink of the death by coronavirus, have found their skin has turned darker as they recover. Dr Yi Fan and Dr...

Experts explain the typical time to fully recover from coronavirus

This week, coronavirus cases around the world hit 2.4 million, fuelling fears about the spread of the disease. While 1.6 million of those cases are...

Coronavirus: Lockdown, curfews to be imposed if….

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed lockdowns and curfews may be imposed if the country begins to experience increase in cases after the...

WHO head warns worst of virus is still ahead

The head of the World Health Organisation has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm...

Taxis refuse to pick nurses at Begoro Govt Hospital over recorded case at facility

Health professionals working at the Begoro Government Hospital in the Eastern Region where one case of the deadly coronavirus was recorded are being stigmatised by the...

How Ghana recorded 401 Covid-19 cases in 72 hours

Ghana’s confirmed cases of coronavirus has jumped from 641 as at Friday, April 17, to 1,042 on Sunday, April 19, making an increase of...

How policemen helped pregnant woman welcome her baby at 3:am during lockdown

How policemen helped pregnant woman welcome her baby at 3:am during lockdown Nigerians have taken to the popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to hail some police officers...

Coronavirus: China angrily reacts after Germany sends £130 billion bill for ‘coronavirus damages’

Germany has sparked outrage in China after a major newspaper put together a £130bn invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin following the impact of the...

WHO releases list of African countries with highest cases of COVID-19, check out Ghana’s new position

Over 21,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in Africa, with 5,000 recoveries and 1,000 deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The organisation has compiled...

Social distancing, hand-washing better than lockdown – Former Health Minister[audio]

A former Health Minister has described as a "correct call" President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to lift the restriction on movements in some parts of...

Coronavirus: WHO wants govts to restrict alcohol during lockdown

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments around the world to tighten restrictions on access to alcohol during the lockdown, saying ...

Coronavirus: Gabby Otchere-Darko predicts over 500 recoveries

Ghana is likely to see more than 500 persons make a complete recovery from the Covid-19 over the next three weeks, this is...

Coronavirus: Akuapem North records 2 cases

The Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern region has recorded two positive coronavirus cases. ALSO READ: Govt to support Ghanaian scientists to develop vaccinesLifting Lockdown:...

Watch: Why coronavirus cases in Ghana will increase – Information Minister explains

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed that there will be an increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the...

Policeman blasts Chinese man for defying lockdown order, blames him for being behind Covid-19 (Watch)

An obviously angry policeman, who will have none of the misbehavior of people who flouted the President’s directive during the lockdown, poured his anger...

Govt to support Ghanaian scientists to develop vaccines

The Government of Ghana says it will provide support for Ghanaian scientists to develop vaccines to curb the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President Nana Addo Dankwa...

Wuhan lab says there’s ‘no way’ coronavirus was created there

A lab in Wuhan has broken its silence about accusations that the coronavirus was created there. The Wuhan Institute of Virology fiercely denies the claims, and says...

68-year-old first-time mother goes viral after delivering twins (photos)

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has announced the delivery of a set of twins from an elderly couple. The hospital shared the good news...

Wear face masks to avert Covid-19 infection – Akufo-Addo to Ghanaians

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged all Ghanaians to use face masks to avert contracting the novel coronavirus. Addressing the nation for the seventh time since...

FULL TEXT: Akufo-Addo’s address on enhanced response to combat coronavirus

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, Today, Sunday, 19th April, 2020, is exactly three (3) weeks since I came to you and announced the imposition of restrictions...

Infographics: All you need to know about Akufo-Addo’s address on lockdown

President Nana Akufo-Addo has addressed the nation for the seventh time since the country began its fight against the novel coronavirus. Throughout his addresses, the...

Ban on social gatherings still in force

President Nana Akufo-Addo has lifted the three-week lockdown imposed in some parts of the country in order to control the spread of the deadly...

Pastor Adeboye passes new prophecy on Covid-19

Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has declared that Nigeria will survive the scare of Covid-19 before...

Covid-19 Lockdown: Victory Bible Church supplies food items to over 2,000 homes in Awoshie

Victory Bible Church International (VBCI), one of the leading charismatic and pentecostal churches in Ghana, has given out food items to over 2,000 homes...

Why Meningitis has killed 40 up north

Four hundred people have been infected with a new strain of meningitis – an inflammation of the meninges (the three membranes that cover the brain and...

COVID-19: Meridian port services staff tests negative after conflicting results

An equipment operator at Meridian Port Services (MPS) in Tema, who was asked to self-isolate over suspected COVID-19 symptoms, has tested negative in what...

Covid-19: NDC team writes to govt over isolation centres in Ghana

The National Democratic Congress' (NDC) technical team on Covid-19 has asked the government to make public all COVID-19 isolation centres in the country. According...

Lockdown: Techiman market to be shut

The Municipal Chief Executive of the Techiman Assembly, John Donyina, has announced a one-week closure of its main market amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at...

Zoomlion donates US $20,000 to Noguchi to help fight COVID-19

Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has donated US$ 20,000 (GHC120,000.00) to the University of Ghana Noguchi...

Israeli drug ‘Opaganib’ successful in treating patients with COVID-19

Opaganib is a 'new chemical entity' administered orally to patients with Covid-19 and it performs “anticancer, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory activities.” The experimental drug from the Israeli biopharmaceutical...

Ghana’s Covid-19 deaths rise to 9

One more person has died as Ghana's Coronavirus cases have surged to 834, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported. According to the GHS, the...

Ghana’s coronavirus cases jump to 834

Ghana’s Coronavirus case count has increased to 834. This comes after 193 new cases were recorded from various parts of the country. This is the...

200 pregnant ‘Kayayei’ should be tested for coronavirus – Association President

Government is to decide the fate of over 200 pregnant head porters also known as ‘Kayayei’, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia...

No vaccine for new strain of bacteria causing meningitis outbreak in Upper West – GHS

It has emerged that there is no vaccine for the strain of bacteria that has caused an outbreak of meningitis in the Upper...

U.S. lab tests confirm that ‘sunlight destroys coronavirus quickly’

American scientists have confirmed earlier assumptions that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and humidity. The assumption has long been spoken of but without...

Buhari’s Chief of Staff who died from coronavirus buried [photos]

The Nigerian president’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus, has been buried in Abuja. He...

Sex workers slash rates to attract customers despite lockdown

The noisome ambience reeked of marijuana and cigarettes as our correspondent walked down Ipodo Street on Tuesday evening. Sitting on the outskirts of Allen,...

At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in coronavirus pandemic – UN agency

 The Covid-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa...

‘My wife gave birth yesterday and we have nothing to eat’

All 20 million people living in Nigeria's second-biggest city, Kano, are under a seven-day lockdown starting from Friday. Poverty and religion are the major issues...