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Biden Coronavirus task force member: ‘We are about to enter Coronavirus hell’
Renowned infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm on Monday spelled out exactly what Americans should expect to see from the coronavirus pandemic in the next few...
Covid-19: WHO Director-General goes into quarantine
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has begun a mandatory quarantine effective Sunday, November 1, 2020.
According to Dr Ghebreyesus, the...
#EndSARS: Health Commissioner weeps on air over medical store looting [Watch]
A Commissioner for Health in Kogi, Saka Audu, broke down in tears on Wednesday, October 28 while inspecting the damage done by looters and...
Trump and Biden clash during debate [Video]
US President, Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden clashed over Covid-19, corruption allegations, climate and race, in their final live TV debate on...
Africa can’t afford a second coronavirus wave – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa cannot afford a second wave of Covid-19, saying it would be devastating especially to the...
Man gets Covid twice and second hit ‘more severe’
A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, doctors report.
The 25-year-old...
Catching Covid-19 was a blessing from God – Trump
United States (US) President Donald Trump has claimed that contracting Covid-19 was a "blessing from God" and vowed to make the experimental antibody drug...
Presidential Debate: Trump, Biden trade insults in chaotic debate
President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and rancorous White House debates in years.
Amid...
The forgotten women: Impact of Covid-19 on obstetric fistula patients
“I don’t know what Covid-19 is. All I can say is that it has come to disrupt our lives. I would have had my...
Australia sends troops to help contain coronavirus on cargo ship
Australian soldiers are being deployed to Port Hedland, one of the world’s largest iron ore loading ports, to help contain a coronavirus outbreak on...
China has a new richest person, Jack Ma dethroned
A bottled-water and vaccine tycoon has become China’s wealthiest person in a day also marked by massive losses among the world’s tech elite.
Zhong Shanshan’s...
Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest
Face masks may be inadvertently giving people Covid-19 immunity and making them get less sick from the virus, academics have suggested in one of the most...
Chinese government hands over medical supplies to Ghana
The Chinese Government on Wednesday presented its second batch of medical supplies, to the Ministry of Health, to support Ghana in the fight the...
Coronavirus: Trump denies downplaying severity of virus
US President Donald Trump has denied that he downplayed the seriousness of Covid-19, despite admitting in a recorded interview having done that.
At a televised...
Bawumia holds talks with Bill Gates [photos]
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is strengthening international ties by involving founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates in issues concerning Ghana's digitization.
The Veep held...
Coronavirus: Monoclonal antibodies to begin UK trial
A new antibody treatment is to be trialled on Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals.
Monoclonal antibodies, which are potent, laboratory-made antibodies, will be given to...
Trump ignores science at dangerous indoor rally
President Donal Trump offered a glaring new example of his refusal to put medical science before politics with a large indoor rally Sunday night...
WHO and Africa CDC launch Covid-19 laboratories network
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) have launched a new laboratory network that will reinforce genome sequencing...
Six districts record polio cases in Ashanti region
The Ashanti region has recorded eight polio cases in six districts, more than any region in Ghana since the beginning of this year.
The affected...
After Covid-19 then what?
“We are not in normal times, we need a cure, we need a vaccine.” Global institutions such as the WHO, Centre for Disease Control...
Coronavirus in Africa: Overcrowding might explain mystery of low death rate
Is there a link between poverty, crowded accommodation, and Africa's bafflingly low infection and death rates from the pandemic?
As the number of infections dips...
Asokore Mampong: Man with 355 duplicate voters ID cards arrested [photo]
Police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti region have arrested a 36-year- old man with 355 duplicates of the new Voter ID cards in...
Coronavirus: Obesity ‘increases risks from Covid-19’
Being obese doubles the risk of hospital treatment from Covid-19 and increases the risk of dying by nearly 50%, a global analysis suggests.
Obesity makes...
How masks can help you protect yourself from COVID-19
The global pandemic brought about significant changes in how people should live their daily lives. Since the virus that brought about COVID-19 is fairly...
Coronavirus: Over 2,000 health care workers infected – GHS
Over 2,000 health care workers in the country have tested positive for coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak in March, the Ghana Health...
Africa to be declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’
Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission.
Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes...
How teachers reacted to Akufo-Addo’s hot meals for BECE candidates, staff
It is in order for President Nana Akufo-Addo to provide one hot meal a day for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) students and school...
Check out Ghana’s covid-19 death toll as 9-week-old baby dies
Eight more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, taking the country’s death toll to 239.
The total case count of the highly...
Ghana not part of 7 African countries involved in coronavirus antibody testing
Seven African countries will begin administering coronavirus antibody tests next week, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said.
The testing is part...
A dream come true to play in Premier League, says Southampton new recruit Mohammed...
Mohammed Salisu says joining Southampton is a dream come true as he has always had ambitions to play in the Premier League.
The enterprising centre-back...
Anxious WHO implores world to ‘do it all’ in long war on coronavirus
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine...
Coronavirus test results take too long – Bill Gates
Bill Gates slammed coronavirus testing in the United States (US) in an interview with CNBC, saying that most tests are a "complete waste" because...
Covid-19 Trust Funds ‘spoils’ NCCE with donations worth GH₵2.5m
The COVID-19 National Trust Fund has distributed 10 Nissan Hardbody Pickups along with 100 Public Address (PA) systems to the National Commission for Civic...
Ex-Staff writes: Was the collapse of the banking sector pre-meditated murder based on a...
I have been thinking of why some banks, savings and loans companies and finance houses were shut down in 'Rambo style' and the only...
FULL TEXT: Finance Minister presents Mid-Year Budget Review
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented the government’s 2020 Mid-Year Budget Review as required by the Public Financial Management Act.
He made the presentation on...
‘Only Ghanaian contractors to build 88 district hospitals’
Government has said only Ghanaian construction companies will be awarded contracts to build 88 hospitals in districts across the country.
Delivering the Mid-year Budget Review...
COVID DIARY: ‘Fake news is a virus’
By Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng
The new coronavirus known as SARS 2 or COVID-19 for short is not the only virus in town. Of course, COVID-19...
What to do if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive...
The pace at which the new strain of coronavirus is grappling the entire world, the risk of coming in contact with the highly contagious virus is...
Closing down schools defeatist – Health Minister
Government has served notice it would not close down senior high schools despite some students testing positive for coronavirus.
Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu...
Kanye West opens up on contracting Covid-19
Rapper Kanye West took his fans by surprise when he announced his bid for US Presidential Elections 2020, all set to take place in...