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Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools
Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...
Coronavirus: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system
Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school.
This comes on the...
Coronavirus: Bat scientists find new evidence
Scientists say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats across many parts of Asia.
They have discovered a virus that is a close...
Coronavirus: 137 deaths recorded in less than 2 months
On March 12, last year, Ghana recorded its first two cases of the deadly coronavirus disease.
Since then the country has seen a rapid surge...
Coronavirus: Police in Volta Region call for regular disinfection
Police in the Volta Region are calling for frequent disinfection of their facilities to help in protecting them against Covid-19 and other diseases.
Head of...
Coronavirus: Former Minister drops bombshell
Former Minister for Energy has made a staggering revelation about how COVID-19 has ravaged the homes of some of his family members and friends.
Boakye...
Coronavirus: Zongo chiefs call for strict observance of protocols in Mosques
The National Council of Zongo Chiefs has called on the Office of the National Chief Imam to enforce strict observance of Covid-19 safety protocols...
Coronavirus: Nationwide disinfection of police facilities begins
As part of efforts to curb the spread of the second wave of COVID-19, the Ghana Police Service has begun another phase of disinfection...
Coronavirus: 13 tertiary institutions record cases
The Chairman of Vice-Chancellors Ghana, Professor John Owusu Gyapong, has revealed that active Covid-19 cases recorded in some of Ghana’s universities are...
Coronavirus: U.S Embassy in Ghana postpones scheduled visa appointments
The United States(US) Embassy in Accra has postponed some of its scheduled visa appointments to prevent a spread of coronavirus.
The Embassy made this known...
Coronavirus: 7 more deaths recorded; active cases now 6,411
Seven more persons have succumbed to the deadly coronavirus, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The service, in its latest update, indicated that 765...
Coronavirus: Case count at Akosombo Int’l School shoots up again
Some 37 more Covid-19 cases have been recorded at the Akosombo International School, the Executive Director of National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA,) has disclosed.
Dr...
Volta Region records 281 active cases of coronavirus
Ho Municipal recorded some 89 active cases followed by Hohoe with 71 active cases, denoting 15 out of the 18 districts having seen active...
Coronavirus: Fears of workers at Ministry of Justice allayed
Amid surging coronavirus cases across the country, the Estate Officer at the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice, Ms Selasi Agbesi,...
Coronavirus: Dr Omane Boamah’s letter to the President
Good morning Mr President,
Trust you are all doing very well.
Over the past two weeks, I have been requesting the Government to publish the Vaccine...
Coronavirus: Why children, pregnant women, others will not be vaccinated
The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority, Prof. Alexander Dodoo, has revealed that children, pregnant women, people with allergies and underlying health conditions, and...
Coronavirus: Popular business mogul tests positive
The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has tested positive for Covid-19.
The business mogul disclosed his medical status in...
Coronavirus: Check out the country that’s rejecting the vaccine
For months, Tanzania’s government has insisted the country was free from Covid-19 – so there are no plans for vaccination.
The BBC’s Dickens Olewe...
Coronavirus: Three schools record cases in Bono Region
A College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the Bono Region have recorded nine Covid-19 cases among students since the re-opening of...
Coronavirus: 40 students at Akosombo test positive
A private school at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
This was revealed by the...
Coronavirus: Nine deaths recorded, active cases now 777
Ghana has recorded 777 new coronavirus cases. This brings the country’s active case count to 5,786.
Additionally, nine new deaths have also been recorded pushing...
Coronavirus: ‘Let’s bury used nose masks’
An Environmental Health Analyst at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Florence Kuukyi, has bemoaned the indiscriminate disposal of used nose masks in the country and...
Coronavirus: Meet the footballer who has tested positive 26 times [Photo]
Barcelona star, Sergi Roberto, tested positive for the coronavirus an incredible 26 times during his 29-day recovery from the illness.
The 28-year-old picked up a...
Coronavirus: 8-month-old baby tests positive at Tamale Teaching Hospital
An eight-month-old baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region.
Also, a one-year-old baby has tested positive in...
Coronavirus: KIA records 1,136 cases – GHS
As the country fights the second surge in Covid-19 cases, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has tested 152,667 passengers as of February 1.
Out of the...
Coronavirus: Coffin sellers make passionate appeal to Ghanaians
Coffin makers are urging Ghanaians to take advantage of private burials which are faster than keeping their dead relatives in mortuaries that would further...
Coronavirus: KIA releases revised rules for travellers
Amidst the second wave of Covid-19 in the country, management of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has announced revised safety measures that must be...
Mortuary workers make shocking revelation about coronavirus deaths
The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has questioned the statistics on Covid-19 casualties the government has been reporting.
The mortuary attendants disclosed that the...
Coronavirus: KNUST researchers get approval to try herbal treatment
Researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have received approval to commence clinical trials of...
Two arrested for manufacturing fake coronavirus concoctions
Two persons have been arrested by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the police, for manufacturing concoctions they claim could cure...
4 big myths about coronavirus variants people need to stop believing
Over the past month, news of new SARS-CoV-2 variants has emerged from around the globe: first in the United Kingdom, then South Africa and...
Why schools have not been closed despite coronavirus restrictions
Despite the surge in the cases of COVID-19 in the country, and government’s subsequent reintroduction of restrictions on funerals, weddings, concerts, theatrical performances and...
Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 23rd address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.I came into your homes, on 17th January, to give an account of our COVID-19 situation – a situation which, per...
Coronavirus: Prisons Service Headquarters disinfected
The headquarters of Ghana Prisons Service at Osu in the La Dadetokopon Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has benefited from Zoomlion’s Free Community...
Coronavirus: Some MPs test positive
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, confirmed this on Friday, January 29, 2021.
Although Mr Bagbin...
How Coronavirus turns the body against itself
The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to...
Coronavirus: GES distributes over 20 million PPEs to schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disclosed that over 20 million Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) have been distributed to schools.
Out of that number, the...
Coronavirus: Doctor accused of killing patients to ‘free up beds’
A doctor has been accused of murdering two of his patients to free up beds in a Covid-19 hit hospital, prosecutors in Italy have...
Coronavirus: ‘Pragya’ drivers hot!
The Kenyasi Police Division in the Asutifi North District of Ahafo Region has cautioned rickshaw (Pragya) operators to comply with Covid-19 safety protocols.
During an engagement...
Coronavirus: Magufuli warns Tanzanians against vaccines
Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, has warned the country’s health ministry against rushing into embracing the COVID-19 vaccines promoted by foreign companies and countries.Mr Magufuli...