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Coronavirus vaccine: The first vaccine may not prevent you from getting COVID
Desperation for a way to keep economies from collapsing under the weight of Covid-19 could mean settling for a vaccine that prevents people from...
Ghana’s coronavirus death toll being massaged – OccupyGhana
Pressure Group, OccupyGhana has expressed skepticism about the veracity of some of the figure put out by the Ghana Health Service with regards to...
Taxi driver turns to transporting coronavirus corpses using makeshift hearse
A struggling taxi driver has switched to transporting the coronavirus dead to burial grounds in a makeshift hearse.
Mohammad Aamir Khan stacks the bodies on...
Kenya president’s staff test positive for coronavirus
Four staff members working in the office of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta have tested positive for coronavirus, a statement from the presidency says.
All four...
Kenyan man ‘beaten to death by police during coronavirus curfew’
In Kenya, more claims have emerged of the police using heavy-handed techniques to enforce the country’s Coronavirus curfew.
The BBC's investigation series, Africa Eye, has...
Slowing the coronavirus is speeding the spread of other diseases
As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other...
We’ve medical team on standby to deal with coronavirus cases – UEW
The Ajumako Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in the Central Region, has put in place a standby medical team to attend...
China could have been battling coronavirus in August last year, study suggests
A Harvard Medical School study suggesting Covid-19 was spreading in China as early as August last year has been dismissed as "ridiculous" by the...
Infographics: All you need to know about Akufo-Addo’s 11th address on measures to fight...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday June 14,2020 addressed the nation for the 11th time on measures his administration has put in place...
Sekondi/Takoradi MCE died of Coronavirus – Akufo-Addo confirms
The cause of death of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Anthony Kobina Kurentsir Sam, has been revealed.
According to President...
Akufo-Addo confirms Health Minister has coronavirus [video]
Let's wish our hard working Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu a speedy recovery from the virus which he contracted in the line of duty...
Ghana’s coronavirus case count jumps to 11,964
Ghana has recorded 11,964 cases of the novel Coronavirus cases less than 24-hours after the last update by the Ghana Health Service.
This was announced...
Ghana’s Health Minister tests positive for Coronavirus
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is recovering in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.
Information available indicates that the Minister has been receiving treatment at...
Man, 26, gains 224 pounds within five months due to coronavirus lockdown [Photos]
A 26-year-old man in Wuhan has gained 224 pounds in a space of five months while staying at home to avoid COVID-19, according to doctors.
Mr...
Coronavirus: GFA considering ‘virtual’ Extraordinary Congress
Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kurt Okraku, says his outfit is considering the idea of holding a virtual Extraordinary Congress.
The ban on large social...
Police stand guard at closed Beijing market where mini coronavirus outbreak happened
The social support 'bubbles' allowing those in England and Northern Ireland living alone to see one other household exclusively without observing social distancing take...
Ashanti Region: Coronavirus contact tracers on strike
The Covid-19 caseload in Ghana’s Ashanti region could triple as contact tracers have declared a strike.
The volunteers, who have formed the Coalition of Contact...
Coronavirus lockdown: Youth is twice as likely to suffer from loneliness than older adults
Youth more likely to suffer from loneliness than elderlies
The lockdown restrictions are slowly being lifted worldwide and people are starting to warm up to the...
Check out Africa’s coronavirus ‘hotspots’
Africa will have a “steady increase” in COVID-19 cases until a vaccine is developed and strong public health measures are needed in current “hotspots”...
Coronavirus testing blunder may have seen 150 patients wrongly told they were infected
Nearly 150 patients may have been wrongly told they had caught coronavirus, a hospital trust has admitted.
Nearly 80 patients at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton,...
Coronavirus: Bodies will soon litter our streets – MP warns
Ranking member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is predicting bodies of COVID-19 patients may soon liter the streets of Ghana.
This, he explained...
Coronavirus should not scare you from hospitals – Dr Sereboe
The Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre has said Covid-19 should not scare people from accessing health facilities when they are sick.
Dr Lawrence Sereboe...
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson lifts the sex ban
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has given the green light for two households to merge into 'support bubbles' from Saturday, but only if one...
Things people don’t want to touch ever again due to coronavirus
Metro handles to elevator handrails, poll highlights things people don't want to touch
In the times of chaos and unpredictability, if there is anything which...
Coronavirus pandemic set to cost Premier League clubs £1bn in 2019-20 – Deloitte
Premier League clubs face a £1bn reduction in their revenues in 2019-20 because of the coronavirus pandemic, says financial services firm Deloitte.
The 20 English...
How our holidays will look in the future post coronavirus
The pandemic will change the way we travel, but what can we expect when we finally pack our suitcases?
Several weeks ago, the idea of...
Coronavirus cases in Africa now surpass 200,000
Africa has now confirmed over 200,000 coronavirus cases across all 54 countries, according to latest statistics from the Africa Center for Disease Control and...
Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 10,358
Ghana’s number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 10,358. This represents an increase of 157 from the initial figure, according to the Ghana Health...
New York advises ‘make sex kinky and wear a mask’ to lower coronavirus risk
New Yorkers are being encouraged to make sex "a little kinky" by wearing a mask and getting creative to avoid too much body contact.
The...
One positive case from latest round of Premier League’s coronavirus testing
There has been one positive case from the seventh and latest round of the Premier League’s coronavirus testing.
A total of 1,213 players and club...
Coronavirus: No case recorded in Jungle Warfare School
The Jungle Warfare School (JWS), also known as the Seth Anthony Barracks, Akim-Achiase, in the Eastern Region, has not recorded any case of Covid-19.
This...
Ethiopia PM’s term extended because of coronavirus
Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament has agreed to extend the prime minster and government’s term in office beyond October because elections have been delayed.
Polls...
Coronavirus: Minority predicts 100,000 cases if …
Minority in Parliament says Ghana’s Covid-19 case count will hit 100,000 in the next few months if the Electoral Commission (EC) is allowed to...
GHS staff who recovered from coronavirus share their experience
Three recovered COVID-19 officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region have shared their experiences after they resumed normal official...
Coronavirus patients most infectious when they first feel unwell: WHO
Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said...
Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 10, 201
Ghana’s coronavirus case count has moved up again. This time by 291 new confirmed cases, bringing the total cases in the country, as at...
Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus ‘very rare’ – WHO
It is "very rare" for patients not showing symptoms of Covid-19 to spread it, says a top World Health Organisation official.
Such patients may in...
Coronavirus: Police to patrol churches and mosques in Kumasi
The Kumasi Divisional Police Command has announced plans to deploy personnel to the various churches and mosques within its jurisdiction as adherents are preparing...
Upper East Regional Hospital welcomes 11 recovered coronavirus staff
The Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga has welcomed 11 health personnel of the facility who have been declared fully recovered and fit to...
Coronavirus – all you need to know as new figures indicate true UK death...
The death toll in parts of the UK are 11,000 more than first thought - with 51,000 victims across the country, according to a...