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Coronavirus: Coconut seller fights disease with hand-washing stand (Photo)

A coconut seller has become the toast of social media users after a photo of a hand-washing stand he mounted near his selling point emerged online. Ghana,...

Coronavirus: No soldier has tested positive – GAF

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied reports circulating on social media that some seven soldiers have tested positive for COVID-19. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Suspected...

Coronavirus: 3 new cases confirmed, a second death recorded!

Ghana has recorded three more cases of the deadly coronavirus and a second death after the demise of the Lebanese in Kumasi, the Ashanti...

Horrifying images show coronavirus patients on the floor of packed hospital

Terrifying footage from inside a Spanish hospital shows coughing coronavirus patients lying on the floor of a corridor as they wait to be seen by medical staff.    The shocking...

Man tricked into buying baby lotion for GH¢ 70 instead of hand sanitiser (Photo)

A stranded trader from Yeji was left fuming after realising that he was tricked into buying a baby lotion for GH¢70 at Kumasi in the Ashanti...

Coronavirus: Suspected case in Damongo tests negative

A 35-year-old man, suspected to have contracted the deadly coronavirus, has been discharged. ALSO READ: Passengers alight from car after Chinese family came on board Accra...

Coronavirus: Former vice president’s son tests positive

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has announced that his son has tested positive to the coronavirus. ALSO READ: READ: Role devil wants to play...

Twitter users reveal how they used heater to do nasty things in secondary school

Some twitter users have taken to the social media platform to reveal the nasty things they did with boiling ring (heater) while in...

Coronavirus: Why is India testing so little?

"We have a simple message to all countries - test, test, test," World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva...

Stop demanding for relatives under mandatory quarantine – Dr Nsiah-Asare

Special Advisor to President Nana Akufo-Addo on health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, is pleading with family members of persons mandatorily quarantined following the president's...

COVID-19: Number of travelers in govt’s mandatory quarantine revealed

Special Advisor to the President on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, has revealed about 1,200 travelers have been put on the government’s mandatory quarantine...

Coronavirus: Ghana Tourism Authority orders closure of beaches

As part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has ordered closure of beaches in the country...

Coronavirus: Rapid diagnostic test kits not approved – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has indicated it has not registered any Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits (RDTs) for screening and diagnosis of coronvirus...

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...

‘I pay my wife for oral s3x as I need it more often than she does’

Do you think it would be disturbing to pay your partner for oral sex? This is the question one man has publicly posed, after...

‘My wife bullied me into choosing a name I didn’t want for our baby’

A man has admitted he feels like his wife 'bullied' him into choosing a name that he didn't want for their first child -...

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...

Find out which Ghanaians, celebrities are jubilating over legalisation of cannabis in Ghana

It was all joy for some celebrities and Ghanaians when news of the legalisation of growing Cannabis for health and industrial purposes hit 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...