How to cope with pandemic anxiety: 7 practical tools
Few events in modern history have harmed the emotional well-being of people around the world as has the Covid-19 pandemic.The threat of contracting or...
Coronavirus: Ban all social gatherings – OccupyGhana to govt
Non-partisan pressure group, OccupyGhana, has advised the government to immediately ban all social gatherings in the country due to the increasing number of Covid-19...
Will the pandemic have a significant environmental impact?
In a matter of months, the world has been transformed. Thousands of people have already died, and hundreds of thousands more have fallen ill,...
Ghana records 5 more deaths, active cases now 3,613
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported that five more persons have died from the Covid-19 pandemic.In less than 24 hours, the death toll...
COVID-19: GIJ closes down as two staff members test positive
Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) have announced temporary closure of its Ringway campus for fumigation.This has become necessary after two members...
Coronavirus deaths in South Africa put coffin-makers under pressure
South Africa is the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent, with 1.3 million confirmed cases and just over 40,000 deaths,...
Coronavirus: Three students infected in 2 regions since re-opening of schools- GHS
Three students in Senior High Schools in the Upper West and Western Regions have contracted Covid-19 since schools re-opened a week ago.The Director-General of...
Coronavirus: Nurse at KATH makes shocking revelation (Audio)
JoyNews/AdomNews · KATH Records 8 Covid - 19 Cases In 2 - Weeks, Staff Accuses Management Of Putting Lives In DangerA nurse at the...
Restrict number of people attending Rawlings’ state funeral – GMA to govt
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the government to place restrictions on social activities such as parties, church services and funerals following the...
COVID-19: 75 including nurses, teachers arrested for flouting protocol
The Goaso Divisional Police Command in the Ahafo Region have arrested 75 people for not wearing their nose masks as directed by President Nana...
Coronavirus: Over 1,000 positive cases recorded at KIA
As of January 24, 2021, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) had recorded 1,085 positive cases of covid-19.Out of that 41 per cent were Ghanaians, while...
Coronavirus: Check out number of MPs permitted to sit in Chamber for proceedings
Only one-third of Members of Parliament (MPs) will be required to be in the Chamber of Parliament to take part in proceedings as part...
ECOWAS caps covid-19 PCR test for nationals at $50
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State have capped the cost of PCR test for COVID-19 for nationals within the region...
Coronavirus: Death toll now 367 as active cases jump again
Six more people have died from COVID-19 in Ghana with the death toll now 367, according to the Ghana Health Service.Active cases have also...
Coronavirus: Oti Region confirms two new cases
The Oti Region has confirmed some new cases of Covid-19. This was announced in a press release signed by the Director of Health Services...
Coronavirus: UK variant ‘may be more deadly’
Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.However, there remains huge...
Coronavirus: Ghana records more than 600 daily infections
Ghana's COVID-19 active cases have seen a further surge to 2,799 on Saturday following the confirmation of 635 new cases of infections.This is from...
Okoe-Boye lists first set of people to receive Covid-19 vaccines
Former Deputy Minister for Health, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, has listed the first set of people to receive the Covid-19 vaccines procured by the government.His...
200 arrested at Tesano for breaching Covid-19 protocols
Police at the Tesano Police Station have arrested 200 persons in the area for failing to wear facemask in public areas.Speaking to JoyNews, the...
‘I used to call myself Covid police until I let my guard down’
Several citizens began flouting the Covid-19 safety protocols when the country saw a decline in cases in the last quarter of 2020.However, after the...
Coronavirus: Two students of St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary test positive
JoyNews/AdomNews · 2 students of St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary in Wa test positive for Covid-19Two students of the St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary...
UK: Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 may get this amount of money under govt plans
Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus could soon receive a one-off payment of £500 in a government move to persuade more people to get...
Covid-19: GHS announces 658 new cases
Ghana continues to witness a steady rise in its Covid-19 active cases in recent weeks with the country confirming 658 new cases on Friday.This...
Vaccinations halted for 24 hours in Brazilian city of Manaus
The Brazilian city of Manaus has halted its vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus for at least 24 hours, CNN Brasil reported late Thursday,...
Central Region records 80 coronavirus deaths
The Central Region has recorded a total of 80 COVID-19 deaths since April last year.Out of the 17,923 cumulative suspected cases identified across the...
Citizens of these 11 African countries can’t enter UK over COVID 19 variant
The United Kingdom (UK) has extended a travel ban to travelers from 11 African countries in order to contain the new strain of the...
Coronavirus: Three inmates in Walewale police cells test positive
Three inmates in the Walewale police cells in the North East region have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.The three are Miftaw Ibrahim, 22, Musah...
Two students contract Covid-19
Two students of the Wa Xavier Minor Seminary have contracted the covid-19 virus.The two, according to school authorities, are receiving treatment at the Upper...
WHO Chief spells out three Coronavirus lessons
The COVID-19 pandemic has so far had three lessons for all member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN)...
African countries to start Coronavirus vaccine pre-orders
The Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) has begun its Covid-19 vaccines pre-order programme for all African Union member states.The pre-order, being done on behalf...
Six more covid-19 deaths recorded as Ghana’s active cases pass 2,000
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has recorded about 366 new cases and six deaths of Covid-19.This, the GHS said has pushed the...
Covid-19: 4 nurses, midwives dead as others battle for their lives
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has disclosed four of its members have died of the coronavirus disease.It has explained a total of...
Coronavirus: MPs to undergo mandatory testing again
JoyNews/AdomNews · MPs to undergo mandatory Covid-19 test todayMembers of Parliament have been directed by Speaker Alban Bagbin to undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test.This...
Nyaho Medical Centre to transfer non-covid-19 patients
The Nyaho Medical Centre has announced plans to transfer all non-covid-19 patients in its facilities to other hospitals.The facility has explained the move...
COVID-19 Vaccine: What you need to know
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun authorizing use of vaccines for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., senior director...
Students, pupils express fear over contracting coronavirus
A number of students and pupils at the Dormaa Municipal Assembly Junior High School have expressed varied opinions over fears of catching the Coronavirus...
Ghana to source suitable coronavirus vaccine – Akufo-Addo
Government is to begin negotiations with international pharmaceutical companies to source a suitable COVID-19 vaccine for Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.This...
Covid-19: WHO chief blasts rich countries for hoarding vaccines
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines between rich and poor countries will...
97 arrested for failing to wear nose mask [Video]
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 97 people for failing to observe COVID-19 safety protocols.The suspects were picked up during a special operation...
Upper East records three Covid-19 deaths
Three COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in two municipalities in the Upper East Region this year.Two of the deaths were captured in the...