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Markets to run shift system over Covid-19

Special Advisor on Health to the President, Anthony Nsiah Asare has revealed plans are underway for markets to run a shift system amid the...

12 million Ghanaians could soon be exposed to coronavirus – Virologist

A virologist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Michael Owusu, says close to 40% of Ghana's population could become...

Coronavirus: Gifty Anti shares experience in mandatory quarantine

Popular television broadcaster, Gifty Anti, has opened up about how she is coping with the mandatory quarantine she has been placed under by the...

Coronavirus: 1,200 people put under mandatory quarantine

As part of stringent measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, some 1,200 persons who recently entered Ghana have been put on...

Coronavirus: Drinking spots cash in as churches shut down in Kpone – Katamanso

Several drinking bars in the Nmlitsakpo electoral area, Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, struggled to cope with patrons on Sunday, when churches...

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,...

SHS student arrested for putting her finger in genital of 3-year-old girl

A female Senior High School (SHS) student is in the grips of the police for allegedly 'fingering' a three-year-old girl at Fetteh Kakraba in...

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...

Accra markets fumigation exercise [Photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly on Monday carried out a fumigation exercise across designated markets in the Greater Accra region. The exercise, under the auspices of...

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...

Coronavirus: Otumfuo joins public safety campaign

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on Ghanaians to adhere to social distancing protocols and other directives meant to fight the...

Passengers alight from car after Chinese family came on board [Video]

Coronavirus seems to be increasing the emotional and psychological disturbance of some Ghanaians and a new video circulating online has proven the worst fears. In the video,...

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: 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...

Ayawaso West MCE leads market fumigation exercise [Video+Photos]

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ayawaso West, Hon. Sandra Owusu-Ahinkorah, led a team to fumigate markets in her municipality in attempts to combat the...

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...

Revealed: How hand gloves can spread coronavirus

The Health Committee in Parliament has cautioned Ghanaians on the wearing of hand gloves to transact daily activities since it could be one of the fastest...

COVID-19: Group calls for inclusion of mental health patients in awareness

Chief Executive Officer of Mensah Mental Health Rehabilitation Project (MEMHREP) is calling on the government to include people with mental health problems and those...

NSS releases 2020/2021 nurses’ postings

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 9,000 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year to various...

Kumasi pastor who defied church ban granted GH¢ 10,000 bail [photos]

The Asokwa District Court has granted bail to eight ministers of the gospel and church elders who congregated in contravention to presidential ban on...

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...

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...

Fire guts immigration office at Elubo [Photos]

Fire has razed the offices of Ghana Immigration Service at the Elubo border in the Western region of Ghana. The fire, which started in the...

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,...

GAF deploys personnel for covid-19 disinfection

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has deployed about 500 personnel for the Covid-19 disinfection exercise carried out in over 1,000 markets in Greater Accra...

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...

COVID-19: AMA begins market fumigation [Photos+video]

(VIDEO): COVID-19 disinfection underway at the Mallam-Atta Market. pic.twitter.com/WDdatyD4Pq— Adom TV (@adom_tv) March 23, 2020 Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has begun its fumigation...

Don’t accept free nose masks from untrusted sources – Expert

An Investigative Expert, Mr George Dosoo Doyen, has cautioned the public not to accept nose masks from untrusted sources in this period of the...

Pregnant woman dies in accident near Apam

A pregnant woman travelling with her husband from Accra towards Cape Coast died on the spot when their vehicle got involved in a tragic...

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...

I won’t allow shoddy roads work in Prestea-Himan – Nana Nteboah IV warns

A recent tour by the Divisional Chief of Prestea-Himan Traditional Area in the Western Region, Nana Nteboah Prah IV, to inspect ongoing Prestea-Himan inner-city...

COVID-19: Kumasi pastor arrested again for defying ban on public gatherings[Video]

Head Pastor of Open Arms Ministries in Kumasi has been arrested for the second time for defying the Presidential directive on public gathering. Police sources...

15-year-old girl shot dead at Aboabo

A 15-year-old girl, Mary Rober, has been shot dead at Aboabo bus stop, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region. According...

Pastor Mensa Otabil holds service online [Video]

The International Centre Gospel Church, led by Pastor Mensa Otabil, today, Sunday held a virtual church service. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana shuts all borders effective...

NDC experts will collaborate with govt in combating coronavirus – Mahama [Video]

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the National Democratic Congress (NDC), under his leadership, has assembled a technical team to collaborate with the government...

COVID-19 could be a game-changer in the dynamics of world power- Mensa Otabil

Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, says the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially be a game-changer in...

COVID- 19: Reality will force you to speak truth to your people – NDC man to Akufo-Addo

General Manager of Pluzz FM and National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency in the Western Region, Seth Kwame Dzokoto,...