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Voter registration exercise: Govt sends message to Ghanaians stranded abroad

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, says Ghanaians stranded abroad who would want to partake in the registration exercise for the upcoming elections must be registered...

Health Minister resumes work after recovering from coronavirus

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has today resumed official work after contracting and recovering from the deadly coronavirus.A post via the official Twitter account...

Coronavirus: Check out number of patients healed at Winners Chapel

Founder of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo on Sunday, disclosed 114 COVID-19 patients have been healed in his church.The General overseer made this...

Ghana, Nigeria missing from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1

Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union (EU) Commission has released a list of 54...

Check out GTP’s new collections with COVID-19 phrases [Photos]

Textiles Ghana Limited, Printers of GTP local fabrics, has released two new collections christened 'Lockdown' and 'Fellow Ghanaians' unto the Ghanaian market.According to GTP,...

Quack doctors arrested after Anas’ latest investigation on fake Covid-19 drugs in Ghana [Video]

Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, gave the Ghana Police a lead which led to the arrest of two fake doctors who were selling Covid-19...

Global coronavirus deaths top half a million

The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic...

I moved to Asia, got cancer, and then coronavirus happened

I moved to Hong Kong on the day of a huge protest marking China’s National Day on October 1 and thought it would probably be the wildest experience...

HIV hospital that Princess Diana visited now treating homeless Covid-19 patients

An HIV hospital famously visited by Princess Diana during the Aids epidemic has transformed itself into a medical centre for homeless people who have...

Coronavirus timeline: How the global pandemic unfolded

Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the world:Dec. 31, 2019: China alerts the World Health Organization of 27 cases of "viral...

5 ways you are mom-shaming yourself without even realizing it

​5 ways you are mom-shaming yourself without even realizing itMotherhood is, without any speck of doubt, one of the most daunting and overwhelming tasks...

Coronavirus: Which African airlines are taking off and when?

While the reopening of air borders is looming, many uncertainties remain about when air traffic will return to normal to and from Africa. Jeune...

How lockdown affected the lives and finances of sex workers

As darkness falls, a group of women emerge from the shadows, ready to ply their trade near the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court.The group identify themselves...

Akufo-Addo to address nation on voters registration exercise

President Nana Akufo-Addo will later Monday, address the nation on the upcoming voters’ register compilation, the Director of Communications at the Presidency says.According to...

21-month old child undergoes successful surgery to treat advanced eye cancer

She lost one eye to a cancerous tumour – Retinoblastoma, when she was barely a year old.“When she was given birth to, we saw...

Akufo-Addo’s directives to BECE candidates as they reopen [Read]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has updated the nation the 13th time on measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in Ghana.His 13th address...

Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 13th address to the nation on measures to fight coronavirus

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, and thank you for having me in your homes, once again.Two weeks ago, we begun the reopening of our schools,...

Coronavirus: Govt extends incentives for health workers

Government has extended the special package for health workers at the forefront of the Covid-19 fight in the country.The President said in addition to...

Ghana’s coronavirus cases jump to 17,351

Ghana has recorded 17,351 confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus.This was announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo during his 13th televised address to the nation.Meanwhile,...

Covid-19: Three die, one permanently blind after drinking hand sanitiser

Three people died and one is permanently blind from methanol poisoning after drinking hand sanitiser in New Mexico, health officials said.An additional three people are in...

Akufo-Addo to address nation tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to address Ghanaians tonight on the latest updates on measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.Tonight's address,...

COVID-19: Ghana records 9 new deaths

Ghana has recorded nine COVID-19 related deaths bringing the death toll to 112 amid 12,720 recoveries.This was contained in the Ghana Health Service’s latest...

Nigeria records 779 new Coronavirus cases, total infections now over 24,000

Nigeria on Saturday, June 27, recorded its highest daily toll of the Coronavirus infections with 779 cases, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in the...

Sickle Cell patients are susceptible to severe Covid-19 – Haematologist

An Alexandra Yeo Chair in Haematology at the University of Toronto, Canada, has called on persons living with the Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), to...

NPP Primaries: Akufo-Addo shows remorse over party’s disregard for Covid-19 protocols

President Nana Akufo-Addo has, on behalf of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), apologised to the Ghanaian people for the party's disregard for Covid-19...

Scientists discover Covid-19 goes beyond just being a respiratory disease, it does more damage

Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects...

114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from Covid-19

The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was "incredible", one of the doctors...

Ghana records 597 new covid-19 cases with more than 12,000 recoveries

Ghana has recorded 597 new cases of the Coronavirus, an update from the Ghana Health Service has revealed.The new figures bring to total a...

Peter Okoye shares COVID-19 experience after entire family contracted virus [Video]

Nigerian musician, Peter Okoye of P Square fame, has disclosed his nuclear family has tested positive for the infectious coronavirus disease.According to him, his...

Coronavirus: 50% of deaths occur within 2 days – GHS

More than 50 per cent of the 95 COVID-19 deaths recorded in the country so far have occurred within two days of admission at...

Check out Anas’ coronavirus exposé artwork which airs on Monday

Ace Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has hinted he is set to release his latest project on COVID-19 in Ghana.According to him, the explosive...

Stepping outside? These 5 big mistakes can put your health at risk during coronavirus

​Stepping outside? These 5 big mistakes can put your health at risk during coronavirusEven as the number of positive coronavirus cases continues to increase...

Ghanaian doctor gets coronavirus-themed cake on birthday [photos]

How do you celebrate experts in coronavirus on their birthday? Don’t tell me you’ll spend the whole day manipulating a fondant to create the...

Govt details safety measures to stop COVID-19 infections at workplaces

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kojo Kyerematen, has outlined some safety measures organisations must follow to curb the spread of coronavirus in workplaces.This comes...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 361 new cases; 103 deaths

Ghana has recorded 361 new cases of Covid-19, increasing the country’s overall case count to 15,834.Also, eight more people have died from the disease,...

Anas drops trailer of coronavirus exposé [video]

 Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, is set, in the coming days, to show his latest investigative work. This time with an exposé about the deadly and fast-spreading...

The secret spreaders of Covid-19 no one is talking about

The rumours quickly spread among the Syrian fighters in Libya. A group of mercenaries recently hired by the internationally recognised Libyan government were in hospital...

Ghana’s covid-19 death toll passes 100 with 11,755 recoveries

Eight more COVID-19 deaths have pushed Ghana’s death toll over the 100 mark.The death count is now 103 and the total case count has...

Yemen: Coronavirus aid loss ‘harming millions of children’

Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation in Yemen amid a “huge” drop in aid caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

How social media users are reacting to Anas’ upcoming expose’ on Covid-19

Social media has been set ablaze since investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, hinted he is set to release his latest project on COVID-19 in...