S. African president receives first vaccine shot as immunization starts
South Africa will administer its first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa to get the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) shot alongside health...
COVID-19: Man selling salt water as vaccine arrested
China has arrested the leader of a multi-million dollar scam that passed off saline solution and mineral water as Covid-19 vaccines.The man, identified as...
Coronavirus: Ghana records 6 more deaths; active cases now 7,866
The upsurge of the novel coronavirus in Ghana has claimed six more lives bringing the death toll to 561.According to the Ghana Health Service...
Covid-19 kills 6 more as active cases surge
The upsurge of coronavirus in Ghana has claimed six more lives, bringing the death toll to 561.According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 702...
Complications from coronavirus are catastrophic – GMA
Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Titus Beyuo, has stated that the complications from COVID-19 after treatment are numerous, very...
Covid-19 symptoms: Patient’s fingers turn black [Photos]
An 86-year-old woman who caught coronavirus was left with blackened gangrene-stricken fingers after Covid-19 caused severe clotting.The woman, who is from Italy, caught coronavirus...
Brouhaha over rumoured passing on of Ken Ofori-Atta settled
Finance Minister-Designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, has safely arrived in the United States (US) for his post-covid-19 review.This settles the wild rumours, widely published on social...
Zimbabwe receives first batch of Covid-19 vaccine
Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by China.The consignment arrived on Monday morning in a Air Zimbabwe...
I was so big I couldn’t get CT Scan – Joe Jackson shares scary Covid-19 ordeal
The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has shared a harrowing experience of having tested positive for the deadly...
UK: Vaccine programme moves to phase two
Letters are being sent to those aged over 65 and the clinically vulnerable to invite them to receive the first dose of their Covid-19...
Post-coronavirus: Ken Ofori-Atta flies to US
The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, has flown to the United States of America (USA) for post-Covid-19 medical review.A statement from the Finance Ministry on...
Covid-19 deaths: 9-month-old baby, 4 others buried
The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly on Friday, February 12, 2021, laid to rest a nine-month-old baby and four others who succumbed to Covid-19.The five...
Coronavirus: FDA, Cuba discuss production of vaccine
Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Darko, has met with Pedro Luis Despaigne Gonzalez, the Cuban Ambassador to Ghana,...
COVID-19: 26 deaths recorded in Upper East Region
The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has so far recorded 26 Covid-19 related deaths in the region since the first case of the virus...
Coronavirus: Ghana records 12 new deaths
Twelve more persons have died from the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana pushing the death toll to 494.The country has also recorded 554 new...
Adutwum clears air on reopening of schools amid covid-19 surge [Audio]
Education Minister-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is insisting schools will remain opened in spite of the surge of covid-19 cases recorded in some schools.The...
Nose mask prices on the increase in Tema
The demand for nose mask following the surge in Ghana's COVID-19 cases has forced traders to increase the prices of the protective gear.A tour...
Covid: WHO says ‘extremely unlikely’ virus leaked from lab in China
International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China.Peter Ben Embarek,...
Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools
Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...
Two masks wearing reduces COVID-19 spread, U.S. study shows
Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks are likely to significantly reduce a person’s exposure to the...
Coronavirus: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system
Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school.This comes on the...
Ghana to receive COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March – Agyemang-Manu
Ghana is expected to take delivery of 350,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines by mid-March under the United Nations COVAX facility.The Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, made...
Coronavirus: Bat scientists find new evidence
Scientists say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats across many parts of Asia.They have discovered a virus that is a close...
Europe’s oldest person, a 116-year-old nun, survives Covid-19
Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19 after testing positive just a few weeks before her 117th birthday.Sister André, a nun who was born in 1904, tested positive for...
Social gathering ban: Agyeman-Manu reveals why he attended birthday party of NHIS boss [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · MUNTAKA ON AGYEMAN PARTYMember of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Mohammad Mubarak Muntaka, has questioned Health Minister-designate Kwaku Agyeman-Manu on why he attended...
Covid-19: It felt like someone was standing on my chest – Sammy Forson shares ordeal
Joy FM presenter Sammy Forson has revealed some harrowing highlights after he was infected with the novel coronavirus.Mr Forson, who started noticing symptoms after...
Check out how much govt has spent so far on Covid-19 fight [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Agyemang Manu on amount spent on covid-19Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has said it will be difficult for him to reveal the...
Coronavirus: 137 deaths recorded in less than 2 months
On March 12, last year, Ghana recorded its first two cases of the deadly coronavirus disease.Since then the country has seen a rapid surge...
Ken Agyapong to launch COVID-19 campaign
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, is worried about the blatant disregard for COVID-19 protocols by Ghanaians.Mr Agyapong said he...
Coronavirus: Former Minister drops bombshell
Former Minister for Energy has made a staggering revelation about how COVID-19 has ravaged the homes of some of his family members and friends.Boakye...
Coronavirus: Zongo chiefs call for strict observance of protocols in Mosques
The National Council of Zongo Chiefs has called on the Office of the National Chief Imam to enforce strict observance of Covid-19 safety protocols...
Drama as police block mourners over Covid-19 protocols
A team of policemen on Tuesday blocked dozens of mourners in a procession to the Nkurakan cemetery in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the...
Covid-19: Parliamentary sitting suspended for three weeks
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suspended sitting for three weeks due to surge in COVID-19 infections within the chamber.The suspension takes effect from...
Iranian cleric makes wild claims against COVID-19 vaccine
An Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian, has warned his social media followers not to "go near" anyone who's had the covid-19 vaccine, as they...
University of Energy And Natural Resources records 5 COVID-19 cases
The University of Energy And Natural Resources in Sunyani in the Bono Region has recorded five COVID-19 cases.At it’s 3rd emergency meeting held on...
Harruna Attah: The Covid-19 address that should have been read last Sunday
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.I address you this evening with a heavier heart than usual on the matter of the coronavirus or Covid-19. By the...
COVID-19 protocols for Ghanaian travellers reviewed
Management of the Kotoka International Airport have revised the COVID-19 protocols for travellers arriving in Ghana following the upsurge of the disease.Ghanaian residents, who...
Covid-19: I suffered erectile dysfunction – Gospel musician’s husband
Kofi Donkor, the husband of gospel musician Celestine Donkor, has revealed he suffered erectile dysfunction after they both recovered from Covid-19.According to Mr Donkor,...
Covid-19: 23 schools in Accra, other regions record cases
Some 23 schools in the Greater Accra Region have recorded 56 cases of coronavirus.A number of cases have also been recorded in Senior High...
Why this virologist is calling for closure of kindergarten, lower primary schools
A virologist at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research, Dr Michael Owusu, has called on the government to take a firm decision to close...