Health

Coronavirus: Nigeria to jail vendors who inflate prices of face mask, sanitizers

The Nigerian government has warned vendors across the country against increasing the price of face mask and sanitizer.  ALSO READ: Asante Kotoko gift Asempa FM’s OB...

Coronavirus miracle? Vietnam says all its infected patients cured

Amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak around the world, Vietnam has announced that all 16 infected patients in the country were discharged from hospital...

Coronavirus kills Iranian MP one week after he was elected

A member of Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ali Dastak has been confirmed dead days after he was hospitalized for the flu-like virus.  Dastak who was elected as...

US records first coronavirus death

The United States has announced its first Coronavirus death which occurred in the state of Washington. Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, health officer for Seattle and King County in...

Coronavirus: Three Juventus players test positive

Juventus have immediately stopped all training sessions and put all their Under-23 players in quarantine after a trio from Serie C side Pianese tested positive for...

Nigerian professor announces his discovery of coronavirus cure

A Nigerian professor of virology, Maduike Ezeibe, has said he has a cure for the corona (Covid-19) virus and Lassa fever. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Nigerian escapes...

WAPCMLS inducts 216 foundation fellows [Photos]

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists has congratulated the Regional Body of the West Africa Postgraduate College of Medical Laboratory Science (WAPCMLS), Ghana...

Iranian MP ‘dies of flu’ as coronavirus spreads through country

An Iranian Member of Parliament (MP) has died of the flu, a state-run news agency has reported, amid a sharp rise in the number...

Coronavirus: Nigerian escapes quarantine, threatens to spread virus

A Nigerian man diagnosed with Coronavirus has reportedly run away from the hospital amid threats to spread the virus all over the country. The man,...

Kenya’s High Court suspends flights from China over Coronavirus

Kenya’s High Court on Friday ordered flights from China to be temporarily suspended over the coronavirus outbreak, following a petition by the Law Society...

Dog tests positive for coronavirus

A dog in Hong Kong has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus that’s killed at least 2,859 humans across the world over ...

Coronavirus: Footballer tests positive

A 22-year-old Italian-Nigerian footballer, King Udoh, who plays professional football with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side has tested positive to the novel...

North Korea shoots and kills coronavirus patient

North Korea has brutally executed a coronavirus patient for going out in public, reports claim. Kim Jong-un's dictatorship is dealing with the virus with an...

Ghana ‘limited’ in Coronavirus outbreak management – WHO

Despite assurances by the Ministry of Health (MoH) of adequate measures to tackle COVID-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says Ghana’s “treatment readiness,” is...

Coronavirus: Spend more money to protect us – MP to gov’t

Ranking Member of Defense and Interior Committee in Parliament, James Agalga, has appealed to government to invest more money to ensure the fast-spreading Coronavirus...

Governor forces school administration to eat substandard food served students

A video has emerged of a Governor of Nigeria, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, forcing the Principal and Teachers of Government Science and Government Girls’ Secondary...

Ghanaian students in Italy under quarantine

Ghanaian students in Italy have been quarantined following the rise of new cases of the novel coronavirus recorded in the country. In an interview, a Ghanaian...

Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus

Nigeria has recorded the first case of coronavirus, health officials confirmed Thursday. The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state...

Iran to flog and imprison anyone caught ‘spreading fake news’ about coronavirus outbreak

Iran has threatened to flog and imprison anyone caught 'spreading fake news' about the coronavirus outbreak that has already killed 26 people in the...

Two more coronavirus cases in UK bring total to 15

Two further cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK), bringing the total number of cases to 15, England's chief...

Pope Francis sick a day after supporting coronavirus sufferers

Pope Francis has come down with a “slight indisposition,” forcing him to cancel a planned Mass in Rome, just a day after he expressed...

Coronavirus hits Prince George, Princess Charlotte’s school

Pupils at Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school are in self-isolation at their homes over fears they may have coronavirus. ALSO READ: Mental Health Expert...

These photos of babies receiving treatment under cocoa trees will shock you

Nursing mothers at Amonom, a farming community in the Atiwa West district of the Eastern region, are appealing for Community-based Health Planning and Service...

This story of a pregnant hawker who died during delivery will break your heart

An expectant mother who was only identified as Ohemaa has died on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, during delivery at the hospital. The late expectant mother lived...

Time for Ghana to be more alert as Africa announces its second case of Coronavirus

Algerian authorities on Tuesday announced the country's first case of the novel coronavirus, in an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17. "One case...

Joy Prime holds 3rd edition of Race4Heart Health Walk

Ghana’s favourite entertainment channel, Joy Prime, will be embarking on the third edition of its Race4Heart Health Walk and Screening on Saturday, February 29,...

Photo of ‘unhappy’ baby staring at doctor goes viral

A Brazilian baby is becoming an Internet sensation at an unusually young age — thanks to one skillful photographer. Isabela Pereira de Jesus was born...

NHIA pays over GH¢ 91m to health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has revealed it has so far in 2020 paid over GH¢ 91 million to service providers. According to the...

Coronavirus forces Gifty Anti to cancel event in Italy

Television personality, Gifty Anti, has called off a marriage seminar she was scheduled to host on Wednesday in Italy due to the deadly coronavirus. Gifty...

Pregnant women need to be pampered

Miss Theresa Kuadah, a nurse based in the United States is appealing to health workers to handle expectant mothers with loving care and make...

NHIA pays over GH¢91m to 4,292 health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it has paid over GH¢91 million to some 4,292 health service providers who submitted their claim vouchers in...

Coronavirus: Protective face masks selling like hotcake

The protective face mask has now become the fastest and most lucrative commodity on the shelves of pharmaceutical shops at Okaishie in the Central...

How a man’s visit to Ghana turned out to be fatal medical tragedy

Solomon Asare Kumah came to Ghana in 2019 to visit his ill father who had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teach Hospital for...

Coronavirus cases in Italy moves from 3 to 130 in three days

Italian authorities have announced sweeping closures in the country's north as they scramble to contain Europe's biggest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Italy's confirmed cases...

I was hypnotised, almost used for money rituals by my boyfriend – Teenager

Her stricken scream of 'help me' rented the air at the early hours of Tuesday, jolting residents of Mechanic Village in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa,...

Ghana Medical Association calls for immediate payment of NHIS arrears

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is calling on government as a matter of urgency to pay all National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) arrears. In a statement issued...

Photos: Thieves ransack specialised health facility at Bunkprugu, assemblyman goes wild!

A member of the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district assembly in the North East region wants the the police to investigate the looting of medical equipment and materials...

SONA 2020: Akufo-Addo expresses worry about obesity in Ghana [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to check what they eat on a daily basis following his observation that many citizens are obese. The...

Beware of fake news on coronavirus spreading on social media – Scientist

Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, a Senior Researcher at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, is worried about the level of fake news on...

GHS launch innovation for early infant diagnosis of HIV

The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has launched two new innovations to help improve medical care for children and help further reduce child mortality in the...