Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases rise again with 424 deaths
The country’s active Covid-19 cases have surged to 5,515 as of Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the Ghana Health Service has announced.Ghana’s Covid-19 total case count...
Election petition: Mahama files new application
The 2020 presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to be granted permission...
Covid-19: 20 cases recorded in schools in Accra
About 20 positive cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in some schools in the Greater Accra Region.This is according to the Director-General of the...
Covid-19 infected bodies mixed with other dead bodies – Mortuary Workers Association [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Covid-19 infected bodies mixed with other dead bodies – Mortuary Workers AssociationThe Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has shockingly revealed that...
Oppong Nkrumah clears air on ban on social gatherings
The Minister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has explained that the reintroduction of a ban on social restrictions as announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo...
Mortuary workers make shocking revelation about coronavirus deaths
The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has questioned the statistics on Covid-19 casualties the government has been reporting.The mortuary attendants disclosed that the...
Why Franklin Cudjoe wants religious activities banned
President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has asked all religious leaders to learn how to digitise their work in the era of coronavirus.He said...
Coronavirus: KNUST researchers get approval to try herbal treatment
Researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have received approval to commence clinical trials of...
Two arrested for manufacturing fake coronavirus concoctions
Two persons have been arrested by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the police, for manufacturing concoctions they claim could cure...
Covid-19: EPA offices to be closed for disinfection
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the closure of its head office effective February 1, 2021, for disinfection.According to EPA, the move...
Covid-19: Ladies may demand ‘negative’ results as precondition for accepting men’s proposals – Female MP
Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has advised that people put on their masks to save their relationships.According to her, women may...
Covid-19 Treatment: FDA approves first herbal medicine for clinical trial
Researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been given the approval to commence...
4 big myths about coronavirus variants people need to stop believing
Over the past month, news of new SARS-CoV-2 variants has emerged from around the globe: first in the United Kingdom, then South Africa and...
Vaccine: Ghana to receive first covid-19 consignment by this date…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the first consignment of coronavirus vaccines will arrive in Ghana by March 2021.The President disclosed this in his...
Covid-19 restrictions reintroduced!
President Nana Akufo-Addo has reintroduced some covid-19 restrictions as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus.According to the President, effective today,...
Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 23rd address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening.I came into your homes, on 17th January, to give an account of our COVID-19 situation – a situation which, per...
Covid-19: Akufo-Addo to address nation tonight
President Nana Akufo-Addo will tonight address the nation on measures taken against the spread of the novel Coronavirus.The 23rd address comes at a time...
GMA sends strong message to govt over social gatherings
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has threatened to embark on strike if the government does not ban public gatherings amid a spike in covid-19...
Zoomlion’s free community disinfection campaign: Nsawam Prison benefits [Photos]
The surge in covid-19 cases in the country has necessitated the disinfection of major prisons in the country by Zoomlion Ghana Limited.The disinfection, which...
South African variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Ghana
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has said a South African new variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Ghana.The outfit has explained...
Edward Omane Boamah: The real Covid-19 vaccine
As promised on Thursday, these are my thoughts on the numerous questions about Covid vaccines you have posed to me via multimedia platforms including my inbox.It...
198 arrested in Ashanti Region for breaching Covid-19 protocols
A security taskforce in Kumasi has arrested a total of 198 people for failing to wear facemasks in public.Upon their arrest, the suspects were...
Akufo-Addo orders for review of Covid-19 testing fee at KIA to $50
President Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered for a reduction in the price of covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).Health officials and the company...
Covid-19: Judicial Service to run shift system
The Ghana Judicial Service is set to run a shift system as the country's covid-19 cases surge and continues to spread.All Heads of Departments...
Coronavirus: Some MPs test positive
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, confirmed this on Friday, January 29, 2021.Although Mr Bagbin...
Covid-19: Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials
A new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective in large-scale United Kingdom (UK) trials.The Novavax jab is the first to show...
KATH to probe surging paediatric Covid-19 cases as 11-day-old baby is infected
The alarming rate of paediatric Covid-19 cases at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has compelled authorities to conduct further investigations into the trend.The hospital...
COVID-19 protocols: Over 1,000 arrested, 70 jailed – Police
The Ghana Police Service has disclosed that some 1,584 persons have been arrested in the country for failing to adhere to Covid-19 safety protocols.Director...
How Coronavirus turns the body against itself
The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to...
Coronavirus: GES distributes over 20 million PPEs to schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disclosed that over 20 million Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) have been distributed to schools.Out of that number, the...
Full list of countries on the UK’s quarantine ‘red list’
Travellers arriving into the United Kingdom (UK) from countries deemed high-risk because of coronavirus will need to spend their isolation in ‘quarantine hotels’, the...
Aside erectile dysfunction, Covid-19 may cause male infertility – GMA
The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has said that covid-19 could potentially affect a man’s ability to produce children.This comes a...
Coronavirus: Doctor accused of killing patients to ‘free up beds’
A doctor has been accused of murdering two of his patients to free up beds in a Covid-19 hit hospital, prosecutors in Italy have...
Sad scenes: Three Ministers killed by Covid-19 get buried
Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, is among three top government officials being buried at the Heroes Acre in the capital, Harare after they succumbed...
11-day-old baby contracts Covid-19 as KATH sees surge in cases among children
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi is recording an upsurge in Covid-19 cases among children.In the last...
New directives on Covid-19 testing announced
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has directed all public health testing laboratories to offer free COVID-19 testing for persons in Ghana.This comes on the...
Beware of fake, substandard hydrogen peroxide – FDA, Pharmacy Council warn
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and Pharmacy Council (PC) have asked the public to beware of fake and substandard hydrogen peroxide on the...
Coronavirus: MTN supports African Union’s vaccination programme
In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination...
Bride, groom in isolation, others contract covid-19 after bridal party at West Akim
A number of people have contracted Covid-19 after attending a wedding ceremony in the West Akyem Municipality.According to Starr News sources within the Municipal...
Lockdown: Economist warns of dire consequence on Ghana’s economy
Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Prof Peter Quartey, has said that going into a lockdown would slow down...