‘Self-medication adding to risk of COVID-19 morbidity’
The acting Director of the Ghana Infectious Diseases Centre (GIDC), Dr Joseph Adjetey Oliver-Commey, has advised the public against self-medication and rather seek early...
Coronavirus: 7 more deaths recorded; active cases now 6,411
Seven more persons have succumbed to the deadly coronavirus, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).The service, in its latest update, indicated that 765...
Coronavirus: Case count at Akosombo Int’l School shoots up again
Some 37 more Covid-19 cases have been recorded at the Akosombo International School, the Executive Director of National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA,) has disclosed.Dr...
Why Nigeria was removed from WHO vaccine-sharing program
Nigeria expected to receive not fewer than 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccines by the end of January or at the beginning of February but...
Coronavirus: Dr Omane Boamah’s letter to the President
Good morning Mr President,Trust you are all doing very well.Over the past two weeks, I have been requesting the Government to publish the Vaccine...
Coronavirus: Why children, pregnant women, others will not be vaccinated
The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority, Prof. Alexander Dodoo, has revealed that children, pregnant women, people with allergies and underlying health conditions, and...
Why some people test positive after getting a Covid-19 vaccine
A Covid-19 vaccine does not provide full or immediate protection, which means it's still possible to get infected and test positive for the virus.Democratic...
Coronavirus: Popular business mogul tests positive
The Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has tested positive for Covid-19.The business mogul disclosed his medical status in...
Abuakwa North Assembly sends strong warning to families over corpses
The Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region has directed bereaved families not to bring corpses to homes before burial.The Assembly has directed...
Coronavirus: Check out the country that’s rejecting the vaccine
For months, Tanzania’s government has insisted the country was free from Covid-19 – so there are no plans for vaccination.The BBC’s Dickens Olewe...
Covid-19 kills 9 more as active cases jump
As the cases continue to rise in Ghana, nine more persons have died of the novel coronavirus as of February 6, 2021.This is according...
New twist to new variants of Covid-19
Ghanaian scientists have provided even more details about the new variants of Covid-19 in the country and their relationship with the current resurgence in...
Coronavirus: Three schools record cases in Bono Region
A College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the Bono Region have recorded nine Covid-19 cases among students since the re-opening of...
Covid-19: Speaker shoots down calls for closure of Parliament
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has rejected calls for the House to shut down after some 71 persons tested positive for Covid-19.The affected...
Covid-19: Fear grips MPs over recent cases
Fear has gripped some Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides after some colleagues tested positive for the coronavirus.Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on...
Covid-19: Mass testing for students, workers of AIS after 40 students test positive
Mass testing of all students and workers of the Akosombo International School continue as forty-two students test positive for Coronavirus.In an interview with JoyNews,...
15 MPs, 56 staff test positive for COVID-19
Some 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) and 56 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, announced this in the House on...
Coronavirus: 40 students at Akosombo test positive
A private school at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Covid-19.This was revealed by the...
New Covid-19 variant is in Western Region – Dr Gbene
The Western Regional Director of the Veterinary Service, Dr Simon Gbene, has confirmed the existence of the new Covid-19 variant in the Western Region.He...
Hydrogen peroxide not approved by FDA as Covid-19 treatment – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says the Food and Drugs Authority, the Ghana Health Service, Health Ministry, the World Health Organisation or any...
MPs respond to Speaker Bagbin’s threat
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have challenged Speaker Alban Bagbin’s threat to publish names of legislators who have tested positive for coronavirus but have...
Otchere-Darko’s reaction to ban on funerals causes laughter
New Patriotic Party Stalwart, Gabby Otchere- Darko, has got social media users laughing with his reaction to the ban on funerals.According to Mr Otchere-Darko,...
Coronavirus: Nine deaths recorded, active cases now 777
Ghana has recorded 777 new coronavirus cases. This brings the country’s active case count to 5,786.Additionally, nine new deaths have also been recorded pushing...
Shatta Wale causes stir with Covid-19 test results
Ghanaian musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has shared his covid-19 test results online.The results, though negative, got fans and...
Ghana listed for 2.4m doses of Covid-19 vaccine by this date…
There is hope in Ghana’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.Since President Nana Akufo-Addo’s announcement of steps to secure a vaccine, the first substantial...
Coronavirus: ‘Let’s bury used nose masks’
An Environmental Health Analyst at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Florence Kuukyi, has bemoaned the indiscriminate disposal of used nose masks in the country and...
Bagbin threatens to publish names of ‘COVID-19 MPs’
JoyNews/AdomNews · Speaker of Parliament threatens to publish names of ‘COVID-19 MPs’Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has threatened to publish the names of Members...
Coronavirus: 8-month-old baby tests positive at Tamale Teaching Hospital
An eight-month-old baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region.Also, a one-year-old baby has tested positive in...
LEDing Lab reacts to fake negative COVID-19 test result reports
LEDing Medical Laboratory has reacted to reports that one of its staffs issued a fake negative COVID-19 test results for a travel to Nigeria...
Coronavirus: KIA records 1,136 cases – GHS
As the country fights the second surge in Covid-19 cases, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has tested 152,667 passengers as of February 1.Out of the...
Policeman allegedly slaps journalist who asked for his face mask
A journalist with Obrumankoma FM at Mankessim in the Central Region had the shock of his life on Wednesday.This was when he was allegedly...
Covid-19: GHS states position on hydrogen peroxide
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed reservations about the suitability of hydrogen peroxide in the fight against coronavirus.According to the Director-General of the...
Covid-19 deaths: GHS fights off claims of massaging figures [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · GHS ON MORGUE WORKERSThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has fought off claims by the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) that the...
Why ‘trotro’ was exempted from Covid-19 restrictions [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Why public transports not part of latest coronavirus restrictionsThe Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed why commercial...
Coronavirus: Coffin sellers make passionate appeal to Ghanaians
Coffin makers are urging Ghanaians to take advantage of private burials which are faster than keeping their dead relatives in mortuaries that would further...
Covid-19: Ridge ICU running out of oxygen
The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, is running out of oxygen. This is as a result of the...
Quick steps for free COVID-19 testing
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has outlined procedures for the free COVID-19 testing for all Ghanaians.The eight-step practice is to identify...
UK’s COVID-19 variants spreading faster in Ghana – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the new Covid-19 variants from the United Kingdom (UK) are spreading faster and widely among the Ghanaian population,...
Joy News’ Israel Laryea shares Covid-19 experience
Multimedia journalist, Israel Laryea, has shared his experience after contracting COVID-19.According to the veteran broadcaster, "this was after a colleague named me as a...
Coronavirus: KIA releases revised rules for travellers
Amidst the second wave of Covid-19 in the country, management of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has announced revised safety measures that must be...