Health

What do countries with the best coronavirus reponses have in common?

Looking for examples of true leadership in a crisis? From Iceland to Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, women are stepping up to...

Social media users react to student who makes face masks with beads [Photos]

A 20-year-old first class Anatomy graduate of Delta State University, Ishicheli has made face masks with beads in a bid to fight the covid-19. Grace...

Covid-19: GES speaks on using schools as isolation centres [listen]

Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwah, says the GES has no reason to resist the use of some senior high...

Ghana’s Ambassador to China meets Chinese Govt over discrimination against Africans [photos]

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chen Xiaodong, has held talks with a group of African Ambassadors, including Mr Edward Boateng, Ghana’s Ambassador to...

How thugs used free hand sanitiser to rob me – Woman cries

Have you been using the free hand sanitisers being offered in offices, supermarkets and even when boarding public service vehicles? Carolyne Njeri, a Nairobi...

Coronavirus: 37,954 persons tested so far – GHS

About 37,954 persons have so far been tested in Ghana with 566 of them testing positive for COVID-19,  Director-General of the Ghana Health Service...

5 styling tips every curvy girl should take

When it comes to Vidya Balan’s style, she's never afraid to experiment. From saris to dresses, the actress loves experimenting with her fashion game....

Covid19 infections nearing 2 million mark across the globe

The new coronavirus has infected close to 2 million people around the world, according to Johns Hopkins data, nearing a grim milestone that exposes the...

Covid-19 Update: 17 persons make full recovery

An update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS)'s Director-General, Patrick Aboagye, has revealed that 17 persons have fully recovered from the disease in Ghana. The...

Livestream of government’s briefing on coronavirus

Government is updating the nation on the country’s Covid-19 response program. Led by Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister will also speak to government’s preparedness...

Virus-free Lesotho rolls out socio-economic interventions

Lesotho has yet to record a case of COVID-19 as of April 13, one of two countries to escape the virus since it reached...

Coronavirus: Bill Gates hopes to reach 7bn people with potential vaccine

Microsoft billionaire, Bill Gates, has said that getting vaccines to seven billion people would be challenging but a target that must be worked...

Police roll out lockdown challenge

The Ghana Police Service has announced plans to reward Ghanaians who will support and join the stay at home campaign over the coronavirus campaign. The...

DCE lashes residents for defying COVID-19 safety measures [Watch]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti region has lashed residents for defying the social distancing principle as part of...

Coronavirus: Ghana Health Service ‘gags’ staff

The Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has directed health personnel to desist from engaging the media on the Covid-19 pandemic...

Govt launches Covid-19 Tracker app

The Ministry of Communications is launching the Covid-19 Tracker App, today, April 13. The App is developed by the Ministry of Communication. Accessible as a browser-based...

Cecilia Marfo’s spitting into people’s mouth not a prophetic direction – Diana Asamoah

Renowned gospel musician, Evangelist Diana Asamoah, says Cecilia Marfo’s habit of spitting into people’s mouth for miracles is not a prophetic direction as she...

Coronavirus was the scariest thing I went through, symptoms changed everyday- Woman cries

With cases reported in large numbers across the globe, the novel coronavirus, which has claimed over 114,257 lives till now has spared no...

COVID-19: 2 Niger nationals quarantined in police cells test positive

Two nationals of Niger, who were on 5th April, 2020 quarantined in the 'custody' of the Accra District Police cells in isolation, have tested...

The three mild symptoms of coronavirus more and more people are experiencing

Some coronavirus sufferers have reported another three mild symptoms in addition to those well documented. It is now more than two months since the first...

Couple have s3x infront of Buckingham Palace amid lockdown

The United Kingdom is on a lockdown due to the deadly coronavirus as officials make efforts to stop the spread of the pandemic. The country...

Coronavirus: Here is why some people are more infectious than others

As the coronavirus tears through the country, scientists are asking: Are some people more infectious than others? Are there superspreaders, people who seem to just...

COVID19: Study on chloroquine halted over risk of fatal heart complications

A small study in Brazil was halted early for safety reasons after coronavirus patients taking a higher dose of chloroquine developed irregular heart rates that...

Coronavirus: Drogba offers hospital in virus fight

Former Chelsea forward, Didier Drogba, has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a local...

3 weird home remedies for vaginal itching that you should not try

Vaginal itching or burning sensation in the vagina could mean that you have a yeast infection, which is a common medical condition in women. ...

COVID-19: Why Volta regional Minister fears more cases can be recorded

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, believes the region may record more coronavirus cases if residents do not change their attitude towards the...

Covid-19: 9 cases in Volta Region imported – Minister reveals

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, has disclosed all its nine confirmed coronavirus cases are imported ones. According to Dr Letsa, the identified...

Coronavirus’ genetic makeup traced back to US funded experiments on bats in Wuhan laboratories

Scientists have sequenced the COVID-19 genome and traced it back to bats found in caves in China’s Yunnan community. Bats from Yunnan were, however, used for...

Coronavirus: WHO says 70 vaccines in the works, with three leading candidates

There are 70 coronavirus vaccines in development globally, with three candidates already being tested in human trials, according to the World Health Organisation...

Add domestic violence prevention plans in national response to COVID-19 – Guterres says as domestic abuse cases double

General-Secretary of the United Nations The United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, has asked the world governments to include domestic violence prevention and redress plans...

The health benefits of Tiger Nuts are absolutely wonderful

Known in the Hausa language as “aya,” tiger nut is one of the earliest recorded plants cultivated in ancient Egypt. And they’ve been used medicinally...

Minister reveals latest strategy in dealing with Covid-19

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the enhanced tracing and testing coupled with the mandatory quarantine systems following the coronavirus outbreak are yielding results. According...

Domestic violence cases surge in Africa amid Covid-19 lockdown

Some African countries are reporting of an increase in domestic violence cases during a period of lockdown to deal with coronavirus. With couples forced to...

Covid-19: Melinda Gates says ‘dead bodies’ will be on streets in Africa [video]

Melinda Gates, wife of world billionaire Bill Gates, has claimed that developing countries including those in Africa would be badly hit by the deadly coronavirus pandemic. She...

NDC stalwart loses relative to coronavirus

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has lost his uncle to the deadly novel coronavirus in London. The...

Check out percentage of covid-19 cases by travel history

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that 66.6 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases between March and April have had no history of travel...

Covid-19: Hot meals costing GHC2m per day – NADMO reveals

Government is spending GHC2 million on the hot meals being provided for Ghanaians in the lockdown areas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic...

China imposes restrictions on research into origins of coronavirus

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published...

Coronavirus pandemic – all you need to know as China sees peak in new infections

China has reported a peak in new cases of coronavirus while Boris Johnson continues his recovery after being released from hospital. On Sunday, 108 new...

8 simple habits to help control your weight during lockdown

This period of the Coronavirus pandemic is filled with major uncertainties and how you are going to maintain your health and weight might not...