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Mr Ibu’s view about Coronavirus will shock you
Popular Nigerian Comic actor, John Okafor aka Mr Ibu, is of the opinion that the life-threatening pandemic ravaging the world, Coronavirus, is not in Nigeria.
In...
Coronavirus: Medical staff at KATH dies; 170 others test positive
One medical staff at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has died of Covid-19.
Details of the deceased are scanty, but JoyNews has learnt the...
Coronavirus: Check out latest hotspot in Accra
The Ayawaso West Wuogon Municipality in the Geater Accra region has the majority of the latest COVID-19 cases recorded in the Greater Accra region.
The...
How face masks work to protect you and others from coronavirus droplets
Shoppers in England will have to don masks or face coverings in stores and supermarkets within weeks.
Face coverings are already being used in public...
Coronavirus: 39 FDA staff recovering after testing positive
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says 39 out of 450 staff of the Authority have tested positive for Covid-19.
A statement signed by the...
Two Madagascar lawmakers ‘die from coronavirus’
Two Malagasy lawmakers, one member of the senate and one deputy, have died after contracting coronavirus, President Andry Rajoelina is reported to have announced...
GHS releases details about six new coronavirus deaths
Ghana’s Coronavirus related deaths rose from 129 to 135 following the demise of six persons, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Saturday.
The deceased...
Education Minister condemns ‘coronavirus politicians’
Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh is up in arms against politicians who are trying hard to make political capital out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He...
Coronavirus: Ghana records six new deaths; total now 135
Six more lives have been lost to the novel coronavirus in Ghana, pushing the country’s total deaths to 135, the Ghana Health Service (GHS)...
Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how COVID-19 spreads in air
The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.
The airborne...
Coronavirus: Ghana Police Service receives 10,000 PPE’s from StarTimes
Digital TV operators, StarTimes Ghana, has donated 10,000 pieces of disposable face masks to the Police Administration as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility...
Dan Botwe recounts coronavirus experience [Read]
He took all the precautions to the extent of even spraying files and papers that came to his office with alcohol-based disinfectants, hence was...
Coronavirus: Education, Local Govt ministries, GES disinfected
The Ministries of Education (MoE), Local Government and Rural Development and the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, June 10, underwent disinfection against the...
More coronavirus patients recover, discharged in Western North Region
A total of 140 out of 200 confirmed COVID-19 cases have recovered and discharged in the Western North Region.
The Region now has 60 active...
Coronavirus: Why couples should wear face masks during sex – Study reveals
Safe sex during the coronavirus pandemic might soon require protection beyond just the nether regions.
A new study from researchers at Harvard University says that...
Coronavirus: BOST head office fumigated after 46 staff tested positive
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) was fumigated and disinfected on Thursday to rid the company of any virus.
The exercise was...
South African queen dies of coronavirus
A royal family in South Africa has confirmed the death of Queen Noloyiso Sandile from Covid-19.
A sister to the current Zulu monarch, King Goodwill...
Liberia’s ex-president to head WHO coronavirus panel
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand's former prime minister, are to...
Two coronavirus patients die in Ahafo
The Ahafo Region has recorded the death of two COVID-19 patients.
Mrs Stella Sefa, the acting Ahafo Regional Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and Nurse...
Airborne coronavirus spread: Five things to know
More than seven months after the new coronavirus was first detected, scientists and health experts are still trying to get a better understanding of...
Hushpuppi tests positive to Coronavirus in US prison?
Nigerian billionaire and alleged business email compromise (BEC) scammer Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus in prison.
According...
Coronavirus: Jean Mensa has not tested positive – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as false claims that its Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensah, has tested positive for coronavirus.
A press statement, signed by...
Ghana’s coronavirus case count jumps to 23,463
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 23,463 after 641 new infections.
These new cases were recorded in 52 districts across eight regions.
Over 1,400 new...
Wearing a face mask reduces your risk of coronavirus by 65%, doctors say
Indoor gyms are set to reopen 'within days' as the Government continues to ease the UK's lockdown.
Health officials believe it is safe to reopen workout...
Zimbabwe: Health minister fired over coronavirus test kits scandal
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired his Health minister who was implicated in the irregular procurement of $60 million worth of Covid-19 test kits.
Government...
Coronavirus scare hits Finance Ministry
The Ministry of Finance has been shut down effective immediately as staff undergoes a mass testing exercise for the Covid-19.
According to a memo cited...
Coronavirus: 32 health workers at Tamale Teaching Hospital test postive
Thirty-two health workers at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have contracted the coronavirus disease.
The Director of Medical Affairs of the TTH, Dr Abass Adam...
WHO confirms there’s ’emerging evidence’ of airborne transmission of coronavirus
The World Health Organization confirmed there is "emerging evidence" of airborne transmission of the coronavirus.
The confirmation follows the publication of a letter signed Monday...
Africa starts opening airspace even as coronavirus cases climb
Relatively few confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Africa. Less air travel might be a factor after most countries closed their borders. But...
Coronavirus: 150 doctors test positive
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is appealing to Ghanaians to demonstrate a high sense of responsiveness in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to...
Coronavirus fatality rate alarming in Zongo communities
Fatality rate of coronavirus in Zongo communities in Ghana is alarming, a renowned Islamic scholar has announced.
Sheikh Anas Toffek Ibrahim told journalists at the...
GHS releases details of new coronavirus deaths
Ghana’s Coronavirus related deaths rose from 122 to 129 following the demise of seven persons, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced Monday.
Six out of...
Compounds that halt reproduction of coronavirus identified
Scientists have identified several existing compounds that block the replication of the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus within human cells grown in the laboratory, by targeting...
Coronavirus: 46 staff of BOST test positive
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has shut down its office after 46 of its staff tested positive for Coronavirus.
This was...
Coronavirus may be hiding in these everyday objects in your household!
Coronavirus may be hiding in these daily objects in your household!
As the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise at an alarming rate, it has...
Coronavirus pandemic costs Africa travel, tourism almost US$55 billion
African countries have lost almost US$55 billion in travel and tourism revenues in three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the African Union (AU)...
Coronavirus patients wake from comas and tell doctor ‘they wish they were dead’
Critically ill coronavirus patients have been brought out of lengthy comas only to admit they wish they had died, a frontline doctor says.
London consultant Dr Zudin...
Coronavirus in Kenyan parliament
Kenya’s National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi downplayed fears over Covid-19 infections in parliament, saying only two legislators had tested positive for the virus.
But the...
When coronavirus robs you of your sense of smell
"What I miss most is the smell of my son when I kiss him, the smell of my wife's body," says Jean-Michel Maillard.Anosmia --...
Coronavirus: Six Accra Girls SHS students test positive
Six students of the Accra Girls Senior High school have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Citi News sources at the school said some students...