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Coronavirus: Minister, Ghanaians stranded in US to be evacuated
Ghana’s Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Anthony Akoto Osei, who is in the US, the world’s epicenter for coronavirus is to be evacuated.
Reports say...
Coronavirus: Pastor Otabil reacts to ban on churches [Listen]
Head pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil is against calls for churches to reopen in wake of the increasing...
Coronavirus: 251 new cases; Four more die as Ghana’s case count hits 4,263
Ghana has recorded 251 more cases of Covid-19 sending the total case count to 4,263, the Ghana Health Service says.
On its Covid-19 webpage, the...
Compulsory coronavirus vaccines in the UK, other rumours fact-checked
We’ve been fact-checking the most widely shared dubious coronavirus claims this week.
There’s no mandatory vaccine law in UK
First, we’ve looked at a widely shared...
Coronavirus: Pharmacist dies after drinking corrosive ‘cure’
A 47-year-old man in Chennai, India has died after consuming the concoction he helped create with his boss in an effort to beat the...
Coronavirus: Inmates in police cells test positive
Some inmates in police cells in the Greater Accra Region have tested positive for coronavirus, the Greater Accra Regional Command has disclosed.
DCOP Fred Adu-Anim...
Coronavirus: Staff infection rate at UER Hospital likely to affect service delivery
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region says the high infection rate among health professionals at the Regional hospital has the...
Coronavirus: Ghana records 22 deaths as cases hit 4,263
Ghana’s coronavirus case count has increased to 4,263 with 22 deaths and 378 recoveries, the Ghana Health Service has reported.
This latest update indicates that...
China conducts first successful coronavirus vaccine test on monkeys
While the government and scientists all over the world are trying to develop an effective vaccine against the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed lakhs of...
Smoking marijuana actually kills coronavirus? – Kwesi Pratt stunned by new Study
Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus.
A recent...
Coronavirus: Ghana’s Mission in New York to compile evacuation list
The Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations and the Consulate General in New York has announced plans to compile a list of...
Over 500 of Ghana’s new Coronavirus cases were recorded at an industrial facility
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says over 500 of the 921 new Coronavirus cases in the country were recorded at an industrial facility.
Ghana has...
Asymptomatic coronavirus: All about what it is and if it can be identified
Even with strict lockdowns and social distancing measures, countries across the world are struggling to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
This highly...
Coronavirus: Recovered patient harassed at Bolga [audio]
A pregnant woman, who has fully recovered from Covid-19, is reportedly being stigmatised by people in her community.
The 34-year-old Matilda Agamu said she had...
Coronavirus: Patients hold doctors; nurse hostage
Two doctors and a nurse were reportedly held Hostage yesterday May 7, by Coronavirus patients at Kwanar Dawakin isolation centre in Kano.
Former Chairman of Nigerian...
Coronavirus: 6-week-old baby becomes the youngest victim to die in England
A six-week-old baby with a pre-existing health condition has become the youngest victim to die of coronavirus in the United Kingdom (UK).
The tragedy comes...
Coronavirus: Okudzeto Ablakwa okays Madagascar cure
Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged African leaders to take a look at Madagascar’s purported ‘herbal cure’ for...
MTN’s ‘important’ message to Ghanaians as Coronavirus intensifies
The heightened dependency on digital infrastructure resulting in more time spent online, the spread of the virus, fear and uncertainty in the midst of...
Coronavirus: Ghana records over 4, 000 cases, 323 recoveries
Ghana's coronavirus cases have shot up to 4,012, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed.
However, 20 more persons have recovered bringing the total of...
Coronavirus: Akua Donkor breaks silence on pandemic [audio]
Flagbearer of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, has said the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is just a myth.
In her view, the 'man-made' virus...
Coronavirus found in men’s semen
The new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could...
Coronavirus: Govt responds to NDC’s ‘false hope’ claims
Government has rejected claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it is giving Ghanaians “false hope” when it says the country’s coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Germany’s Bundesliga to resume behind closed doors on May 16
The Bundesliga will resume behind closed doors on May 16, becoming the first European league to restart following the coronavirus shutdown.
One of the games...
Coronavirus: GFA slammed for demanding stimulus package from govt
Mr Kojo Yankah has slammed the leadership of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for demanding stimulus package from the government.
Following the suspension of football...
Coronavirus: Clubs must decide the future of football – Former GFA ExCO member
Former Western Regional Football Association chairman, Kojo Yankah, says clubs in the country must be allowed to decide the future of the 2019-20 Ghana football...
Coronavirus could be found in semen and spread by sex, new research shows
A new study suggests that men who have recovered from Coronavirus should be advised to abstain from sex in order to avoid passing the...
Coronavirus cases in Nigeria jump to 3,526 – Checkout latest breakdown
Some 381 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria as at Thursday, May 7, 2020, the country's Centre for Disease Control has...
Coronavirus: More young people contracting disease in Ashanti region
More young people than adults are getting infected with Covid-19 in the Ashanti region.
Statistics from the regional health directorate show 50 percent of 163 confirmed...
Peak of coronavirus infections: GHS releases graphs to make a point
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released two graphs to prove that the country has reached its peak of the Covid-19 infection curve.
Some public...
Coronavirus: NDC donates nose masks to driver unions [photos]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has presented 2,600 nose masks to driver unions as part of efforts to stop the spread of the...
Coronavirus: Dada Hafco finally shares quarantine experience
Musician Terry Boamah, popular known as Dada Hafco, has shared his dreadful quarantine experience during the lockdown of Accra and Kumasi and the shutting...
18 nurses test positive for Coronavirus in Kano
Eighteen nurses in Kano state have tested positive for Coronavirus.
The state chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Ibrahim Mohammed, who disclosed this...
250 Nigerians evacuated from Dubai amid coronavirus
Nigeria evacuated 250 nationals Wednesday from the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Passengers arrived in the commercial hub of Lagos at about 8:30...
Top Juventus striker ‘finally’ recovers from coronavirus
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala has fully recovered from coronavirus more than a month after he was first diagnosed.
Dybala's two latest tests came back negative...
Coronavirus: Nigerian Commissioner who celebrated death of Chief of Staff tests positive
Engineer Muaz Magaji, the Kano State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructures Development, who was sacked after being accused of "celebrating" the death of late Chief...
Coronavirus: Some patients being given only Vitamin C – Minority alleges
The Minority in Parliament is accusing the government of giving Ghanaians false hope that the Coronavirus situation in the country is under control.
Minority...
Coronavirus: Patient turns preacher at isolation centre [watch]
A middle-aged woman, who has been infected with coronavirus, has turned into a preacher while in isolation.
The controversial Nigerian woman from Benue State, Susan...
Coronavirus cases in Africa surpass 50,000
The total number of Coronavirus cases in Africa reached 51,698, according to data released by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on...