Coronavirus: 39 FDA staff recovering after testing positive
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says 39 out of 450 staff of the Authority have tested positive for Covid-19.A statement signed by the...
Two Madagascar lawmakers ‘die from coronavirus’
Two Malagasy lawmakers, one member of the senate and one deputy, have died after contracting coronavirus, President Andry Rajoelina is reported to have announced...
Gorilla given Covid-19 test after developing fever following fight with brother
A gorilla has been tested for coronavirus after developing a fever thanks to wounds picked up in a fight with his brother.Shango, 31, a...
Tema General Hospital to bury over 50 unclaimed bodies in mass burial
Tema General Hospital is expected to bury over 50 unclaimed bodies by end of this month due to congestion at the facility’s morgue.Some 23...
Nana B clears air on SHS registration tour
National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Henry Boakye, has dismissed reports of flouting Covid-19 protocols with his Senior High Schools tour.Pictures on...
10 more SHSs hit by COVID-19 … Ho Mawuli, Bishop Herman, Archbishop Porter Girls among others affected
Some 10 more Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the country have recorded positive cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the number of schools...
Why schools cannot be closed yet – Oppong Nkrumah explains
Information Minister Kojo Opoong Nkrumah says the government is not looking to close schools as many Ghanaians are requesting amid high increase in Covid-19...
Covid-19: Carlos Ahenkorah has fully recovered – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared former Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah fully recovered from the novel coronavirus disease.The GHS...
GHS releases details about six new coronavirus deaths
Ghana’s Coronavirus related deaths rose from 129 to 135 following the demise of six persons, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced on Saturday.The deceased...
Education Minister condemns ‘coronavirus politicians’
Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh is up in arms against politicians who are trying hard to make political capital out of the Covid-19 pandemic.He...
USAID reports on children dying of AIDS related illnesses in Africa
The USAID has observed in its recent reports on its progress towards the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free targets, children dying from AIDS-related...
COVID-19 response: GIADEC extends outreach to Ashanti region
Two districts in the Ashanti region have received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hygiene products to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. They are the...
Coronavirus: Ghana records six new deaths; total now 135
Six more lives have been lost to the novel coronavirus in Ghana, pushing the country’s total deaths to 135, the Ghana Health Service (GHS)...
Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how COVID-19 spreads in air
The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.The airborne...
Three students of Wesley High SHS recover from Covid-19
Three students of Wesley High Senior High School (SHS) in the Asante Akim Central Municipality in the Ashanti region have recovered from the novel...
Dan Botwe recounts coronavirus experience [Read]
He took all the precautions to the extent of even spraying files and papers that came to his office with alcohol-based disinfectants, hence was...
Check out the full 2020 WASSCE timetable
The timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been released.The exam is expected to begin on July 20...
NDC man vows to stop EC from registering SHS students
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice it will not allow the Electoral Commission (EC) to continue registering final year Senior High School...
More coronavirus patients recover, discharged in Western North Region
A total of 140 out of 200 confirmed COVID-19 cases have recovered and discharged in the Western North Region.The Region now has 60 active...
Why this year’s Homowo be held in stool houses
The Ga Traditional Council has directed that this year’s celebration of the Homowo festival, be held within the confines of the stool houses of...
Sanitation Ministry presents 5 pick-ups to GAF to enforce environmental bye-laws
As part of efforts to maintain and sustain good sanitation in major cities of the country, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR),...
Coronavirus: BOST head office fumigated after 46 staff tested positive
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) was fumigated and disinfected on Thursday to rid the company of any virus.The exercise was...
South African queen dies of coronavirus
A royal family in South Africa has confirmed the death of Queen Noloyiso Sandile from Covid-19.A sister to the current Zulu monarch, King Goodwill...
COVID-19: Nigeria develops test kit
The Nigerian Government has announced the indigenous development and validation of RNA Swift, a test kit for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent...
Covid-19: Rawlings shuts down office
The office of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, former President of the Republic, has announced the immediate closure of the office.The closure is due...
Professor Gyampo donates PPEs to Saltpond Hospital
Renowned Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, who is also an indigene of Saltpond and President of the Saltpond Forum,...
Liberia’s ex-president to head WHO coronavirus panel
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand's former prime minister, are to...
Things that can terribly go wrong with your hand sanitizer
​Things that can terribly go wrong with your hand sanitizerHand sanitizers and face masks have become an important part of our new normal lives....
WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to...
Two coronavirus patients die in Ahafo
The Ahafo Region has recorded the death of two COVID-19 patients.Mrs Stella Sefa, the acting Ahafo Regional Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and Nurse...
Voters Register: Final year students to be registered from today
The Electoral Commission has, at a just-ended emergency IPAC meeting, said it will deploy registration officials to Senior High Schools.The officials will on Friday...
Airborne coronavirus spread: Five things to know
More than seven months after the new coronavirus was first detected, scientists and health experts are still trying to get a better understanding of...
Family rejects body of relative alleged to have died from Covid-19 [video]
The family of a deceased teacher at Formena has rejected his body over fears that he died of Covid-19.Benjamin Amoah’s death has...
NAPO shares near-death COVID-19 experience
Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh after being discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has recounted his near-death Covid-19 experience.The minister,...
Coronavirus: Jean Mensa has not tested positive – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has described as false claims that its Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensah, has tested positive for coronavirus.A press statement, signed by...
Ghana’s coronavirus case count jumps to 23,463
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 23,463 after 641 new infections.These new cases were recorded in 52 districts across eight regions.Over 1,400 new...
Napo told to resign over KNUST SHS student’s death
Deputy Spokesperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) campaign team, Margaret Ansei Magoo, has called for the resignation of Minister for Education, Mathew Opoku...
Students safer from Covid-19 in schools than at home – NPP woman
Hajia Ama Frimpong, a member of the Communications Team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asserted that students are safer from Covid-19 while...
COVID-19: Nine Mpraeso SHS students in isolation
Nine students of the Mpraeso Senior High School in the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region are said to be in isolation over suspected...
COVID-19: Beko Electronics supports Adentan Health Directorate
Beko Electronics has put smiles on the faces of health workers of the Adentan Health Directorate with donations toward the COVID-19 fight.The Turkish-based Multinational...