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Japan reports 12 new coronavirus cases
Japan reported 12 new cases of novel coronavirus on Saturday, The country’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said.
The new cases include three teenagers.
Japan...
Coronavirus: To evacuate or not to evacuate – Akufo-Addo states position [Video]
President Akufo-Addo has told parliament that the government has not ruled out the option of evacuating Ghanaian students from Wuhan due to the outbreak...
Beware of fake news on coronavirus spreading on social media – Scientist
Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, a Senior Researcher at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, is worried about the level of fake news on...
Anti-malarial drug ‘effective on coronavirus patients’
An anti-malarial drug widely used in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s has been found to be effective on coronavirus patients, according to China's...
Nigerian official blames corruption for coronavirus
The head of Nigeria's anti-corruption body stunned his audience at a public event, which included President Muhammadu Buhari when he blamed corruption for the...
The movies that predicted an outbreak like coronavirus
Amid fears stoked by the coronavirus, "Contagion" -- a 2011 movie about a pandemic with potentially eerie similarities to recent events -- has been climbing up the...
Coronavirus epidemic keeps growing, but spread in China slows
HONG KONG — Chinese officials hailed recent figures as evidence that the spread of the coronavirus epidemic has slowed, and World Health Organization officials...
Coronavirus: Government ships food items to stranded Ghanaian students in China
The government has dispatched cartons of assorted local food items to China to be distributed to 151 Ghanaian students stranded in Wuhan, the epicentre...
Wuhan hospital director dies from novel coronavirus
The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,873, as almost half of China's 1.3 billion-strong population remain subject to varying forms of travel restrictions...
China to designates medics who die in Coronavirus fight as ‘martyrs’
The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,873, as almost half of China's 1.3 billion-strong population remain subject to varying forms of travel...
Apple warns coronavirus will hurt iPhone supplies
Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will mean revenues falling short of forecasts.
The tech giant said production and sales were...
Coronavirus outbreak: Hotlines for case management introduced
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) in preparing for the effective management of suspected cases of Coronavirus (Convid19) have...
Coronavirus death toll climbs to 1,868 globally
The Hubei health authority reported that 93 more people died of the coronavirus in Hubei province on Monday, raising the death toll in the...
Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong
Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130).
Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in...
China disinfects, destroys cash to contain coronavirus
China’s Central Bank has implemented a new strategy to contain the coronavirus. The country’s central bank is currently deep cleaning and destroying potentially infected...
Coronavirus: A Cameroon student on how he recovered
When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of...
Duncan Williams ‘arrests’ coronavirus
Founder of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams prayed ceaselessly against the deadly coronavirus which has claimed many lives especially...
How to avoid coronavirus on flights: Forget masks, says top airline doctor
Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the...
Coronavirus: Cancelling Tokyo 2020 Olympics ‘not being considered’
Cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak "has not been considered", says 2020 Games chief Toshiro Muto.
The outbreak in China...
Egypt records first case of Coronavirus
Egypt has confirmed its first case of deadly coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year and has since spread to more...
Nigeria announces bounty for scientist with Coronavirus cure
Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to give N36million cash gift to any Nigerian scientist who can find a cure for the deadly disease.
This...
Stormzy cancels Asian tour over coronavirus
British rap star Stormzy has postponed the Asian leg of his tour because of the coronavirus outbreak.
He had been due to play in locations...
Man who wrongly thought he had coronavirus kills himself
A man, who wrongly thought he had coronavirus, killed himself to protect his family, according to reports.
The 50-year-old Balakrishnayya feared he would pass on...
Coronavirus: Evacuation out of the question for now
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has given reasons why government has not yet taken a decision on evacuating Ghanaians in China, especially those living...
Coronavirus: GUTA secures trade deal with UK
Greater Accra Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has secured trading deal with the United Kingdom (UK) High Commission’s Department of Internal Trade.
Following the...
Coronavirus surveillance training underway – Ghana Health Service
Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie, has disclosed appropriate measures are currently in place to manage the Coronavirus...
Coronavirus update: All 15 suspected cases in Ghana negative – Minister
Health authorities in Ghana have explained that the country has as of Wednesday, February 12, 2020 encountered 15 suspected cases of coronavirus but they...
Coronavirus: Asian Football Confederation cup matches postponed
The Asian Football Confederation has postponed all cup matches due to be played in East Asia until April because of concerns over coronavirus.
Several countries...
Coronavirus disease named Covid-19
The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19.
"We now have a name for the...
Coronavirus disease named Covid-19
The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19.
"We now have a name for...
How to talk to kids about coronavirus
Reports of the coronavirus, combined with its potential deadly nature, is reason enough for most adults to have some concern. But for kids taking...
China launches coronavirus ‘close contact detector’ app
China has launched an app that allows people to check whether they have been at risk of catching the coronavirus.
The 'close contact detector' tells...
Coronavirus: Senior Chinese officials sacked as death toll hits 1,000
China has "removed" several senior officials over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll passed 1,000.
The party secretary for the...
Coronavirus: Calls for evacuation step in the right direction – Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress says calls to evacuate Ghanaian students in China...
Dele Alli apologises for coronavirus ‘joke’
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Dele Alli, has apologised for a post on social media about coronavirus, saying "I let myself down and the club."
Alli, 23,...
Sony withdraws from MWC 2020 over coronavirus concerns
Sony became the latest exhibitor to withdraw from Mobile World Congress on Monday, following in the footsteps of LG, Ericsson, Amazon and Nvidia.
The companies have all pulled out of the...
Coronavirus kills 97 in deadliest day so far
The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday, the highest number of casualties in a day.
The total number...
Burberry says coronavirus hurting luxury demand
Burberry (BRBY.L) says the outbreak of the coronavirus was hitting luxury demand in China and Hong Kong, both important markets for the ...
Hong Kong Airlines sack 400 staff over coronavirus outbreak
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Kong Airlines has been forced to fire 400 of its staff with others
ordered to take unpaid leave amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The South China Morning...
Wuhan doctor who warned about coronavirus dies from the illness
Li Wenliang, the Chinese whistleblower doctor who warned the public of a potential "SARS-like" disease in December 2019, has died, according to Wuhan Central Hospital. The...