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Coronavirus: Why some residents in Cape Coast are in quarantine [audio]

Some residents in Cape Coast in the Central region are calling for a partial lockdown after recording its first coronavirus case. ALSO READ: Police deployed to...

Coronavirus: Why some fishermen think virus attacks only rich people [audio]

Copyright © 20 Some fishermen in the Central region have resolved not to observe safety protocols put out by the World Health Organisation as cases...
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More coronavirus vaccines move to human trial stage

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads at unprecedented rates, invading the lungs of people of all ages, ethnicities and medical histories, more companies are ratcheting...
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Coronavirus patient has run away in Kumasi – Says MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has disclosed that an individual, who has tested positive for COVID-19, is in hiding in...
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Coronavirus: Two patients at Old Fadama on the run

Two persons are on the run after testing positive for the novel coronavirus at Old Fadama, a suburb of Accra. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Couple name their...
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Doctor wearing protective mask finds sweet way to reassure coronavirus patients

A doctor who recognised how daunting it must be for coronavirus patients to be admitted to hospital found a sweet way to make it a more...

Coronavirus: Spain PM sees ‘fire coming under control’

Spain is close to passing the worst of its coronavirus outbreak, the prime minister said, as parliament debated extending the national state...

Coronavirus: Popular prophet gives back tithes, offering to the poor [video]

With the coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world and the Nigerian government announcing that they will be giving out some money to poor...
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Real Madrid players to take 10-20% pay cut amid coronavirus pandemic

Real Madrid's players, coaches and "main directors" will take a pay cut of 10-20% this year as the club deals with the impact of...

Coronavirus: Couple name their newborn baby boy ‘Lockdown’ [photos]

A couple in India has named their newbown baby son 'Lockdown' in a nod to the coronavirus pandemic.  ALSO READ: Why Mahama refused to donate salary...
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Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty

The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. This bleak warning comes from a United Nations...

Coronavirus: Former Finance Minister apologises for spreading ‘fake news’

Nigeria’s former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has taken to her twitter page to apologise to Nigerians for posting a fake picture about...
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Coronavirus: President of Nigeria pardons 2,600 prisoners

The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities during the coronavirus...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria’s mega churches adjust to empty auditoriums

The auditoriums of Nigeria's mega churches are empty and their gates are shut as they are forced to observe a government ban on large...
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Heartbreaking final moments of coronavirus patients who die alone in hospital

There is no corner of Britain untouched by coronavirus - the country is in lockdown and many know someone who has suffered from the...

Drivers swerve coronavirus security barricade

Some commercial and private drivers plying the American House - Madina road have created remote routes to avoid security barricades mounted at the Social...

Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty

The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. This bleak warning comes from a United Nations...
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These four countries ‘particularly vulnerable’ to coronavirus – Report

South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Sudan are particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, says a new survey of...

Uganda bans outdoors exercises over coronavirus

Uganda has banned exercising in public as an extra measure towards controlling the spread of the coronavirus. President Yoweri Museveni said that Ugandans should exercise...

Coronavirus: Health effects of a COVID-19 recession ‘could be worse than the pandemic’

The full effect of the coronavirus pandemic on people's long-term and mental health will not be felt for two years, experts have predicted. While the...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presents 2019 Budget

Parliament approves GH¢1.2b to fund Coronavirus Alleviation Programme

The Finance Committee of Parliament has by consensus approved an amount of GH¢1.2 billion for the government to access money from the Contingency Fund...
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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘improving’ in intensive care

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "improving" after two nights in intensive care with coronavirus, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said. ALSO READ: Covid-19: Obour’s household,...

It is better for a soldier to brush your eye with a cane than...

The Deputy Defence Minister has urged the media to desist from reporting on excesses of security operatives engaged in the enforcement of the Covid-19...

Coronavirus: Jose Mourinho hot for training in a public park

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has acknowledged he breached United Kingdom (UK) government guidelines after he and a number of his star players were pictured flouting social distancing regulations by...

Coronavirus: NPP calls for ceaseless prayers during Easter

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is certain only God can help the world overcome the coronavirus pandemic as Ghana records 313 positive cases. ALSO...
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Coronavirus: NDC’s Easter message will melt your heart

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is confident Ghana will win the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. ALSO READ: Covid-19: Obour’s household, contacts test negative as pressure...

Coronavirus is an act of God – Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan claimed the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is an act of God – and even suggested the world may not need a...

Coronavirus: Minister suspended for having lunch with friend during lockdown

South Africa’s communications minister has been suspended for two months, one of which will be without pay, for having lunch with a friend during...
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Coronavirus: Togo nationals get free water, electricity

President Faure Gnassingbé has announced several social, political and economic measures to make life easier for the Togolese people as the coronavirus pandemic...

Coronavirus: The families turned into ‘zoo animals’

India has quarantined tens of thousands of people in their homes. But some of the measures designed to keep them inside - like...
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Coronavirus: Weah declares state of emergency in Liberia

Liberia’s President, George Weah, has declared that a state of emergency should begin at 11:59 pm local time on Friday because of the ...

Coronavirus: Seychelles to begin 21-day lockdown

Seychelles will from midnight on Wednesday shut down non-essential services and restrict the movements of people for 21 days to prevent the spread of...
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Coronavirus: 43 contacts in Tema test negative

Some 43 contacts traced in the Tema Metropolis in the contact tracing exercise by the government have tested negative to the virus, Tema...

Coronavirus: CPP calls for attitudinal change

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called for attitudinal change amongst Ghanaians as they observe this year’s Easter. CPP made the call in a statement...
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Meet the Ghanaian Professor leading ventilator invention to combat coronavirus

A Ghanaian Professor, Fred Maclory, is currently leading a team of students, health professionals and other professors to invent ventilators to aid in Ghana's...

Coronavirus: 8 pastors in court for flouting lockdown directives

Eight pastors who flouted government’s directive on public gatherings and went ahead to hold church services were, on Monday, granted GH¢10,000.00 bail each...
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Coronavirus: Ghana records 6th death

One more person has been confirmed dead in Ghana after contracting Coronavirus, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reports. Details of the deceased, however, are unknown...
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Nurse haunted by dying coronavirus patients’ ringtones

A nurse on the front line of the coronavirus fight is haunted by the sound of critically ill patients' ringing phones as distraught families...
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Coronavirus: How centuries old tradition of funerals has been affected in Ghana

Funerals are a big deal in Ghana and it is not uncommon, in some parts, for a ceremony to last up to seven days,...