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Coronavirus: Sadio Mane makes donation to Senegal’s Health Ministry

Sadio Mane has made a donation of 45,000 euros (£41,000) - to the national committee fighting against coronavirus in his home country of Senegal. The...

Coronavirus: Lagos shuts down public and private schools

As the deadly Coronavirus spreads, the Lagos State Government has ordered that all public and private schools in the state be shut from Monday, March 23,...
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Coronavirus outbreak will not halt GFA’s chances of securing sponsorship

The coronavirus outbreak will not affect the Ghana Football Association's (GFA) quest of securing a sponsorship for the Ghana Premier League says ExCO Member. The country’s...
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Nigerian school sends pupils on airport excursion amidst coronavirus

Nigerians have condemned the Airport authorities and management of a school who took its students on an excursion to the Abuja Airport amidst the...
Rapper, Edem, has expressed his displeasure at the ban on celebrities from endorsing alcoholic beverages and has asked the relevant authorities to reverse the decision.

Use local dialects to spread the word on coronavirus – Edem tells celebs

Rapper Edem is urging his colleagues and other public figures to disseminate information about Coronavirus using their local dialects. According to him, many people, who...

Checkout men of God invited to Jubilee House’s prayer meeting over coronavirus

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday morning March 19, 2020 invited a host of prominent Ghanaian clergymen to seek God's face on the fast spreading...

Covid-19: Dutch Health Minister collapses in Parliament due to ‘coronavirus fatigue’ [Video]

The Dutch Health Minister collapsed today in parliament because of 'fatigue from intense weeks' of working against the coronavirus crisis. Bruno Bruins, 56, fell behind the speaker's...
Idris Elba has tested positive for coronavirus

Coronavirus: Top celebrities who have tested positive for Covid-19

While the globe is ultimately fighting off the coronavirus pandemic, top celebrities around the world have been diagnosed with the viral illness. Talk about...
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FIFA to donate $10m to WHO to tackle coronavirus outbreak

The world football governing boy, FIFA, has pledged $10m (£8.5m) with the German national football team also pledging €2.5m (£2.3m) to help battle coronavirus. At...
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Four tourists denied entry to Sierra Leone over Coronavirus fears

Four Japanese tourists were on Wednesday barred from disembarking at Sierra Leone's main airport in the capital, Freetown, over suspicion of a possible coronavirus...
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Coronavirus: Why washing hands is difficult in some countries

As Europe and much of the developed world shuts down in the face of Coronavirus, many millions of people haven't much hope in following...

Real Coronavirus is dead, what is left is its remnants – TB Joshua

The Founder and leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has said that the real coronavirus is gone. According to Prophet...

Akufo-Addo holds prayer breakfast over coronavirus [watch]

President Akufo-Addo this morning at the Jubilee House led a host of prominent pastors in the country to pray against the spread of the novel COVID-19...
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Coronavirus cases in Ghana hit 9

Ghana has confirmed two more cases of coronavirus. This brings to nine the total number of cases in Ghana. Information Minister...
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Virus-free Niger announces coronavirus preventive measures

Niger’s president Mahamadou Issoufou has announced the closure of the country’s land borders, Niamey airport and its educational institutions to prevent the entry into...
An intensive care unit treating coronavirus patients in a hospital in Wuhan, China, the virus’s epicenter.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Couple become Zambia’s first Coronavirus patients

Zambia has confirmed its first two cases of Coronavirus, involving a couple who had travelled to France, the health minister has told the BBC. They...
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Follow these guidelines if you have to self-quarantine from coronavirus

The coronavirus disease has now affected at least 218,220 persons in 173 countries worldwide, as of March 18, 2020. Out of the number, some 8,919...
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Lilwin urges Ghanaians to be calm over coronavirus outbreak

Ghanaian actor and musician, Lilwin has entreated Ghanaians to remain calm in the quest to defeat the Coronavirus pandemic. Lilwin, in recent times had been...
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UK scientists starting trials of drug that could fight off coronavirus next week

A British team has received the green light to begin Phase II human trials of a drug that could help hospital patients fight off...

Government denies claims Akufo-Addo has tested positive for Coronavirus

Government has denied claims making the rounds on social media that President Nana Akufo-Addo and some of his appointees have tested positive for coronavirus. Speaking...
Attorney-General, Gloria Akufo

Coronavirus: Impositions and Restrictions Bill laid in Parliament

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Gloria Akufo has laid before Parliament, the Impositions and Restrictions Bill, 2020. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negativeCoronavirus:...

Coronavirus:Africa should ‘prepare for the worst’ – WHO

Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization's director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa became...
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Coronavirus: 24 Chinese nationals refused entry into Ghana

Some 25 foreign nationals - 24 Chinese and 1 German-were denied entry into Ghana on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This was revealed by the Deputy...

Drake self-quarantines after hanging out with Kevin Durant before coronavirus diagnosis

Drake is taking precaution after he came in contact with basketball star, Kevin Durant who has recently tested positive for coronavirus. According to Page Six, the 'When...

Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negative[audio]

The about 381 people deemed as contacts to the six people who have tested positive for coronavirus have not exhibited any symptoms of the...

Coronavirus Church Ban: Prophetess arrested! [Photos]

The Akuapim South District Chief Executive and some security personnel have arrested the leader of The Break of Mountains prayer camp and an elder...

Coronavirus: Why prisoners cannot be freed [audio]

The Ghana Prisons Service has said it does not have the power to release prisoners in spite of the coronavirus outbreak. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Lawyer wants...
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Coronavirus: GMA joins calls to stop Ghana Card registration

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the National Identification Authority (NIA) to hold on with the Ghana Card registration due to...

Edwin Gyasi joins #StayAtHomeChallenge with toilet roll amidst coronavirus (Watch)

Talented winger, Edwin Gyasi, has joined football stars for the 'Stay At Home Challenge' by showing off his skills with a toilet roll. As the...
Wendy Shay says she's hotter than coronavirus

Ghanaians descend on Wendy Shay for saying she’s hotter than coronavirus

Singer Wendy Shay had to face the wrath of Ghanaians after trying to play around the global pandemic affecting and claiming hundreds of lives...
Officials of Ghana and China present at the Sinohydro trade deal signing

Coronavirus, a force majeure to China-Ghana Sinohydro trade deal?

Dubbed the Master Project Support Agreement, Ghana in 2018 signed a barter trade deal with Chinese state-owned company Sinohydro to ultimately solve Ghana’s infrastructural...

Coronavirus: People in trouble for stealing hand sanitisers in Parliament [audio]

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed concern about some individuals siphoning sanitisers distributed in the House. He wants CCTV cameras...

Coronavirus: Amsterdam’s ‘Red Light’ district closed

Sex clubs in Amsterdam's 'Red Light' district were told to close down and long lines formed at marijuana coffee shops on Sunday,...

Coronavirus: Veteran journalist demands appropriate sex positions amidst scare [audio]

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has expressed worry about how the coronavirus scare is affecting intimacy among couples. ALSO READ: Pastor arrested...
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Coronavirus: Lebron James, Los Angeles Lakers’ teammates to undergo testing today

The Los Angeles Lakers will undergo testing for the coronavirus on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, following the Brooklyn Nets' announcement Tuesday that four players...

Just in: Coronavirus kills three Ghanaians [Video]

Three Ghanaians have so far died as a result of the deadly coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping across the globe. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley...

Beware! Houseflies can transmit Coronavirus – GHS (Video)

It has been revealed that houseflies can transmit the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye,...
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Coronavirus: Six- weeks old baby, 4 others test positive

Nigeria has revealed a six-weeks old baby and four others have tested positive to the novel deadly coronavirus. This was announced in a tweet by...
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Six Espanyol players test positive for coronavirus

Six Espanyol soccer players have tested positive for coronavirus, the Spanish Primera La Liga club said on Tuesday. "We had confirmation this afternoon that six...
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Coronavirus: People with this blood type might be more susceptible – Study

People with blood type A might be more vulnerable to the coronavirus, while those with type O blood could be more resistant, according to a...