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Coronavirus: Proud United owner calls for nullification of Ghana football season
Proud United FC bankroller, Ronald Joojo Duncan, has called for the cancellation of the 2019/20 Ghana league season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Football remains...
Coronavirus: KMA to regulate activities of commercial drivers
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has introduced new stickers to regulate operation of commercial vehicles in the city’s central business district.
The move is to...
Coronavirus: Social distancing key to stop spread – GHS boss appeals to public[audio]
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, is appealing to the public to adhere to the government’s directive to limit the...
Coronavirus: Testing of samples begins in Tamale
The Public Health Reference Laboratory in Tamale will from today, Wednesday, April 29 begin the testing of Covid-19 samples collected from the northern part...
Coronavirus: How ‘ginger, garlic, nim tree juice’ saved popular radio host in USA [audio]
A Ghanaian resident in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States of America, has survived the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in an unconventional way.
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Coronavirus: Life in Wuhan after pandemic; Ghanaian shares experience[audio]
Residents in Wuhan, the city in Central China where the novel coronavirus began are struggling to adjust to their new kind of living.
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False belief that methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran
The false belief that toxic methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran.
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Beware of carjackers – Police to publicCoronavirus: Doctors strip...
Uganda president blasts MPs for allocating $2.6 million coronavirus funds for themselves
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has blasted Members of Parliament (MPs) for allocating themselves a total of 10bn Ugandan shillings ($2.6m; £2m) to enable them...
Coronavirus: Doctors strip naked to protest lack of PPEs
A number of German doctors have stripped naked in series of photos to show how vulnerable they feel without adequate protective equipment while fighting the...
Coronavirus spread frees prisoners in Cameroon
Thousands of Cameroonian prisoners have effectively regained their freedom, as ordered by the central African state’s President Paul Biya, after his government reported that...
Coronavirus: Test results of Chinese medics brought in Nigeria out
Following the completion of their mandatory 14-day quarantine, a 15-man Chinese medical team brought to Nigeria to fight Covid-19 have tested negative to the...
Implementation of the AfCFTA deal postponed due to coronavirus
The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will not begin on July 1 as planned due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus...
Juventus player tests positive for coronavirus for fourth time in six weeks
Argentine forward, Paulo Dybala, has tested positive for the coronavirus for the fourth time in six weeks, according to reports.
The Juventus forward confirmed on March 21...
Americans losing faith in what Trump says about coronavirus
Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump’s remark that COVID-19...
Just 10 minutes of sunshine a day ‘can reduce your risk of coronavirus’, expert...
From regularly washing your hands to avoiding touching your face, there are a number of measures that have been shown to reduce your risk...
Iran: Over 700 dead after drinking alcohol to cure coronavirus
More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus.
The National Coroner's Authority said that alcohol poisoning...
Scientists say coronavirus could be treated by nasal spray that protects lungs
Scientists believe an anti-viral nasal spray could treat Covid-19 and stop the infection reaching the lungs, following positive lab tests in Britain.
University of St...
Coronavirus: Jack Ma’s third medical supplies arrive in Africa
The third round of medical equipment donated by the Founder of Ali Baba Group, Jack Ma, to African Union member states to assist their...
WHO warns on supply disruptions in coronavirus crisis, seeks more air capacity
The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas...
7 pregnant women test positive for coronavirus
At least seven pregnant women have reportedly tested positive to the deadly novel coronavirus.
This is according to the Chairman for Coalition of Non-Governmental...
Coronavirus: Veep congratulates KNUST for developing Rapid Diagnostic Test
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics for their breakthrough in developing...
Coronavirus: Fifa’s medical chair does not want restart of this season
Fifa's chief doctor has warned against restarting the interrupted 2019-20 campaign and suggested governing bodies prepare for action next season instead.
Michel d'Hooghe said, "as...
Emergence of coronavirus calls for a paradigm shift – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Tuesday said the Coronavirus has changed the basic fundamentals of human existence and this calls for...
Coronavirus: Key facts from WHO that give a lot of hope
According to Worldometer, there are now over three million (3,075,523) coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across the world as at Tuesday morning, April 28.
Over two hundred...
Ghana’s coronavirus death toll reaches 16
Five more persons, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
This raises the death...
Coronavirus: Kotoka Int. Airport, 3 others disinfected
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, through its Vector Control Unit, is not relenting in its efforts to support the central government’s battle against the novel coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count now 1,671
Ghana's coronavirus cases have risen to 1,671 with 188 recoveries.
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed in a press briefing.
The...
Coronavirus: Witches to pay $1,000 to popular pastor if…
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches has challenged Apostle Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries to go ahead with his promise to heal COVID-19 patients.
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Coronavirus: Upper East records 10 new cases
The Upper East Region has recorded 10 more cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Uber driver evicted from home and left to die
The last time Mary Jayaseelan spoke to her husband Rajesh, he was about to be hooked up to a ventilator in a Covid ward.
Rajesh...
Coronavirus: Club owner calls for cancellation of 2019/20 season
Techiman City FC boss, Charles Kwadwo Ntim, has called for the cancellation of the 2019/2020 Ghanaian football season.
The cancellation he said, is to give...
Hackers target Wuhan lab in bid to uncover ‘truth’ about coronavirus
The Chinese lab at the heart of a coronavirus conspiracy theory has been targeted by hackers in a bid to uncover the 'truth' about the outbreak,...
Another Ghanaian nurse dies of coronavirus in the US
Another Ghanaian nurse in the United States (UN) has died from coronavirus after she contracted the disease while on admission at the hospital.
Doreen Tay,...
$1 testing kits: Senegal’s approach to coronavirus
Without much of a health budget, Senegal is being championed for controlling the novel coronavirus.
From early-detection mobile kits to 3D-printed ventilators, the West...
UN warns on ‘excessive force’ in coronavirus response
The United Nations Human Rights Office has warned countries against using excessive force during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The agency urged governments to "recognize that the...
CDC adds six more symptoms for coronavirus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added six new symptoms for the coronavirus to its website as officials grapple with gauging the...
Coronavirus: How football fans want to fill stadium if league returns [photos]
Fans of German club, Borussia Monchengladbach, have paid for more than 8,000 cardboard cutouts of themselves to fill their stadium if the Bundesliga returns...
Breast milk studied as potential coronavirus treatment
Lactating mothers in the New York City area, as well as around the country, are signing up for a study that may lead to...
I almost got coronavirus when Nana Addo promised 88 hospitals in his address –...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has outlined plans by the government to build 94 hospitals across the 16 regions of the country.
The health project comprises 88...
13 Ghanaian doctors infected with coronavirus – Dr Baidoo discloses
A number of doctors in Ghana have been infected by the deadly Coronavirus, according to the Ashanti Divisional Chairperson of the Ghana Medical Association,...