Health

COVID-19: Manifest dispels rumours of father’s death due to coronavirus

Ghanaian rapper Manifest Saturday morning took to twitter to dispel rumours of the death of his father, lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata. The artiste's...

COVID-19: Govt announces GH¢1bn support to SMEs and households

Government has announced measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Ghanaian businesses and households. Delivering his fourth national televised address on...

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers can cause fire — GNFS warns

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has advised the public to handle alcohol-based hand sanitisers with strict precautions since they can cause fire outbreaks. According to the...

Health service administrators urge Akufo-Addo to follow lockdown with mass testing

Administrators of the various health service facilities across the country have called for mass testing of the residents in areas under partial lockdown to...

Covid-19: Beauticians at greater risk, take precautions – GHABA warns

The Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians Association (GHABA) is asking its members to observe necessary precautionary measures put in place to reduce chances of contracting...

Did you miss Akufo-Addo’s address on lockdown in Ghana? Read it here

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has announced that government will, from Monday March 30, 2020, restrict movement in parts of the country deemed to...

Infographic: All you need to know about Ghana’s lockdown from Monday

The President has announced that movements in some urban areas in the country will be restricted from Monday for two weeks as part of...

Covid-19 lockdown: Check out the affected areas

President Nana Akufo-Addo has declared a partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi effective 1: am on Monday, March 30, 2020. The lockdown, which affects Accra,...

Coronavirus: 15 Ridge hospital staff in self-isolation

Management of Ridge hospital in Accra has asked some of its staff to go into self-isolation due to their contact with a coronavirus patient. ALSO...

Coronavirus: Ghana records second recovery

A second person has recovered from COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. ALSO READ: Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 137, 4 deathsElderly man dies of...

Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 137, 4 deaths

Ghana's number of Coronavirus cases has risen from 136 to 137 as at 8:00pm today, March 27, 2020, according to the Ghana Health Service....

Couple arrested for selling fake sanitisers at Techiman

The Techiman Divisional Police Command in the Bono East Region has arrested a couple for allegedly producing and selling fake hand sanitisers in the...

Elderly man dies of coronavirus at Ridge Hospital

An elderly man has died of novel coronavirus at the Ridge Hospital in Accra bringing the number of COVID-19-related deaths in Ghana to four. JoyNews’ Emefa...

COVID-19: Ghana’s community spread due to delayed mass testing – Dr Omane Boamah

A former Minister for Communications and health policy consultant has attributed Ghana’s community spread of the novel COVID-19 to delayed mass testing of citizens. He...

‘Pandemic drone’ developed to spot people with coronavirus in large crowds

A drone, which can detect heart and respiratory rates, is being developed to detect Coronavirus in crowds. The 'pandemic drone' device will detect people sneezing and coughing...

Patient makes ‘miraculous coronavirus recovery’ as family plans funeral

An 82-year-old man with dementia who had coronavirus made a "miraculous" recovery when his devastated family began to plan his funeral. Sid Lovenbury was...

Coronavirus: Nana Akomea joins lockdown crusaders

Managing Director of the State Transport Company, Nana Akomea, has joined calls for a lockdown to avert a spread of the new coronavirus. ALSO READ: Boris...

Coronavirus: Interior Ministry suspends services

The Ministry of Interior has suspended most of its services effective Monday, March 30, 2020. A public notice issued by the ministry and signed by...

COVID-19: Data shows Akufo-Addo’s measures are working – NaCCA boss

Directives issued by President Nana Akufo-Addo on March 15, 2020 after Ghana recorded its first cases of COVID-19 in the country are reported to...

Finance Minister’s Parliament appearance postponed over Akufo-Addo’s address tonight

The expected appearance of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament on Friday, March 27, 2020, has been postponed. The postponement of his scheduled meeting with...

Boris Johnson breaks silence after testing positive [Video]

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus and has taken to social media to confirm the news in a...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus, Downing Street says. His symptoms are mild and he will continue to...

Seth Terpker weighs in on impact of possible lockdown on economy

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has waded into the debate over whether or not the government should put the country on lockdown following the...

COVID-19: ‘Ghana’s lack of a Central Medical Store worrying’

Five years down the lane and Ghana is yet to rehabilitate its only Central Medical Store (CMS) razed to ashes on January 13, 2015....

High Court throws out suit challenging Ghana Card registration

An Accra High Court has ruled that the National Identification Authority is entitled to continue with its work of registering Ghanaians amid the coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new cases, number up to 136

Ghana has recorded four new cases of the deadly coronavirus, shooting the number up to 136. Below is a confirmation by the Ghana Health Service...

What govt must consider before a lockdown – IMANI

Casely Ato Coleman, an IMANI Fellow, says a decision to lockdown Ghana must be informed by data and not based on emotions. According to Mr...

COVID-19: Video reveals lung damage in coronavirus patient

A video shows the lungs of a man who had been asymptomatic a few days earlier. Now, the patient has Covid-19 and his lungs are...

Coronavirus: South Africa reports first death as lockdown begins

South Africa has announced its first deaths from Coronavirus infection, and said cases there have passed the 1,000 mark. "This morning, we South Africans woke...

UBA announces $14m for coronavirus relief support across Africa

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over $14 million through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response...

Coronavirus: Prophet T.B. Joshua’s head on the chopping board

The coronavirus outbreak has kept many at home with the hope of it ending soon. So many people are hoping that scientists and medical researchers finding...

Couples urged to think twice before conceiving babies in coronavirus lockdown

Couples are being warned to think again if they plan to get pregnant during coronavirus lockdown - as it will only put extra pressure on the...

Is it safe to reuse a face mask to protect yourself against coronavirus?

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is believed to primarily pass from person to person through respiratory droplets and contaminated surfaces, so properly used face masks can act as...

As they rush to save lives, health care workers are updating their own wills and funeral plans

The first time Andrea Austin, 35, considered her own mortality, she was flying into Iraq aboard a C-130 military plane. Though the emergency medicine...

Ghana records first coronavirus recovery

One of the patients being treated for COVID-19, in Atonsu Agogo Hospital, in the Ashanti Region, has recovered. He was one of the people who...

Afram Plains: Residents search for hair in Bible to prevent Covid-19

Some residents of Afram Plains are frantically searching for hair purported to be hidden in the Bible which has the potency to prevent Coronavirus. ...

COVID-19: Akufo-Addo to meet NDC’s coronavirus response team

Information reaching Adomonline.com indicates that President Nana Akufo-Addo will soon meet with the COVID-19 response team put together by former president John Mahama. Deputy Minister...

Ghanaians under mandatory quarantine need psychological help – Health expert

Head of Disease Control Unit of the Kaneshie Polyclinic, Priscilla Kyerewaa, has called for psychological aid for persons who have been quarantined by the...

COVID-19: Think tank demands for regional distribution of coronavirus cases

Policy think tank, Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation, has requested for a regional breakdown of COVID-19 recorded cases in the country.   According to...

Coronavirus: Suspected case in Tamale tests negative

Results of suspected Covid-19 cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital have come out negative. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Communications Ministry to block prank callsCoronavirus: Kwahu Traditional...