Health

Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 35, with 1 death

Nigeria on Monday recorded five new cases of the novel coronavirus spreading across the globe, bringing the number of those who tested positive in...

How coronavirus has so far positively affected businesses in Ghana

The Central Bank in its last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting released an assessment of the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on Ghana’s economy. With...

Coronavirus: Cassava starch, Akpeteshie sold as hand sanitizers

Criminals are taking undue advantage of the mad rush for hand sanitizers and defrauding unsuspecting Ghanaians through various schemes. In view of the novel coronavirus...

Why coronavirus is worse than normal flu

Many people have been comparing coronavirus Covid-19 and its symptoms to the flu. Worryingly, this has resulted in many people thinking it's not too...

Coronavirus: Parliament to relocate [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has revealed arrangements by the House to relocate parliamentary. Legislative sessions will now be moved to the Accra...

Coronavirus: Allow journalists to work from home – GJA urges media houses

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged media houses to adopt new work systems that will allow journalists to work from home. “We...

Registrar Department closes down over fumigation exercise

The Registrar-General’s Department, due to the fumigation exercise being undertaken by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly at selected markets in Accra, including the Tema Station,...

Volta Lake Transport Company provides hand-washing kits to commuters

Following the COVID-19 scourge across the globe, the management of Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC) has contributed their quota to combat the spread. As part of its...

Polytank pledges support as Ghana observes World Water Day

Polytank Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Mohinani Group, has pledged its support as Ghana joins the world to observe World Water Day. This year’s event...

Coronavirus: More infections and deaths to be recorded – Public Health Specialist [video]

A public health specialist has told Ghanaians and the world at large to brace themselves for more recorded cases and deaths from the novel...

ACEP predicts $830m drop in oil revenue due to coronavirus pandemic

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is forecasting a dramatic drop in the government’s projected revenue for the year 2020. This is because of...

Coronavirus being airborne not conclusive – GHS [listen]

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) says reports about coronavirus being airborne are not conclusive. Speaking on Adom FM's morning show Dwaso Nsem, Dr Patrick...

Latest global updates on coronavirus

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – Stay home –Across the globe an estimated 900 million people are confined to their homes,...

Woman with ‘very different’ Covid-19 symptoms shares fear at testing positive

A 20-year-old woman has told of experience testing positive for Covid-19 after having an array of symptoms that aren't typically linked to coronavirus. The most...

Teenager becomes youngest person in England to die from coronavirus

An 18-year-old has become the youngest person in England to die from coronavirus. Some 37 people - aged between 18 and 102 - have...

Man’s coronavirus message to young people who ‘think it isn’t dangerous’

A coronavirus patient has described coughing up blood and struggling to breath in a warning to young people. Tarek Soliman's body began to feel...

Ernest Chemists supports COVID-19 centres

Pharmaceutical company, Ernest Chemists limited (ECL), has donated medical supplies to the two main designated hospitals for the COVID-19 pandemic. The beneficiaries, Greater Accra Regional...

The coming week will be crucial in Ghana’s war against coronavirus

For many months, Ghanaians monitored international news networks reporting the battering of Wuhan, in the Hubei Province of China by the novel coronavirus disease...

1,000 markets shutdown for fumigation against coronavirus

A major disinfection exercise is taking place throughout the country on Monday, March 23, 2020. The exercise, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development...

Coronavirus: OST students create hand-sensitive ‘veronica bucket’

Some students of Obuasi Secondary Technical School’s robotics team, along with their teacher, have manufactured a hand sensitive veronica bucket. The invention is to encourage...

Coronavirus: Ursula Owusu’s husband tests negative

Husband of Communications Minister, Sam Ekufful, has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to his wife. Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekufful announced the outcome of the...

Coronavirus: 3 new cases confirmed, number now 24, with 1 death

Ghana Health Service (GHS) Officials have confirmed three more cases of the novel coronavirus in Ghana, sending the number of active cases to 23,...

Coronavirus could be airborne – WHO study reveals

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering “airborne precautions” for medical staff after a new study showed the coronavirus can survive in the...

Akufo-Addo’s address on coronavirus pandemic [watch]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has addressed the nation on measures being taken by his administration to deal with the novel coronavirus. He spoke on the current...

Coronavirus cases in Ghana now 21

Ghana’s coronavirus cases have increased to 21. Read all stories on coronavirus here “Ghana records two(2) new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death, this leaves ...

Ghana records first coronavirus death

Ghana has recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus. The deceased is the Lebanese male trader who reported to a health facility in Kumasi...

Sociologist reveals positive side of COVID-19 [watch]

“One of the positive sides of COVID-19 is that it will make families develop stronger bonds,” says Dr Sylvia Esther Gyan of the Sociology...

Coronavirus: More than 900 cases confirmed in Africa

Africa has confirmed over 900 cases of COVID-19 in 36 countries on the continent as of March 21, compared to 147 cases...

God won’t listen to prayers of some pastors who went to Jubilee House -Owusu-Bempah

Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu-Bempah, has lashed back at critics who mocked him for not being invited...

BoG threatens to sanction banks that defy ‘COVID-19 liquidity policies’

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has indicated that it would not hesitate to sanction banks that fail to comply with rules governing the recent...

Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly inaugurates emergency health response team

The Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has inaugurated an emergency response team as part of efforts to contain the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 virus...

Herbalists, Traditional Priests scout for coronavirus cure [watch]

Some herbalists and traditional priests in the Bono East region have declared support to the government as well as health professionals in the fight...

“It turned my lungs to glass”- A COVID-19 patient speaks

Coronavirus patient Kevin Harris tells Robin Meade about scary breathing "episodes" he says he had while fighting the virus. According to Kevin Harris, he did not know...

Coronavirus: Ghana won’t be on lockdown – Oppong- Nkrumah

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has allayed fears of a possible lockdown of the nation due to increasing recorded cases of the novel coronavirus...

Man tells of heartbreaking final goodbye with wife who caught coronavirus

The husband of a British woman who died in Bali after catching coronavirus has told of their heartbreaking final goodbye and said he has "lost...

Economist warns against panic buying over Covid-19 scare [watch]

Ghanaians have been urged to desist from panic buying and withdrawals in the wake of confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Speaking on Adom...

Five reasons to find hope amid coronavirus chaos

We appreciate that these are dark times for people around the world, as the coronavirus continues to spread. Numbers of infections and fatalities are...

A Ghanaian coronavirus patient’s plea [listen]

A Ghanaian infected with the novel coronavirus has cautioned the public against spreading fear and panic over the virus. “I am pleading with Ghanaians to...

Coronavirus cases in Ghana jump to 19

The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana has increased to 19. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye, disclosed...

20 vaccines being developed to tackle Coronavirus – WHO

World Health Organisation representative in Russia, Melita Vujnovic, said WHO has received certification requests for 40 Coronavirus tests, as 20 vaccines are being developed. Vujnovic...