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Success of partial reopening of schools to determine next line of action – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has said the success or failure of the partial reopening of schools for final year students will inform the government’s next line...

COVID-19: Trustees of national fund call for support as Ghana’s cases soar

The Board of Trustees for the COVID-19 National Trust Fund is calling for more support as Ghana’s cases surge.According to the Board, though many...

This is the time my little daughter needs her mother – Story of a mother with Covid-19

Life in a Covid-19 isolation and treatment centre is an experience no one would love to go through.But this somewhat unpleasant choice...

Man who performed ‘COVID-19 exorcisms’ killed by virus

An Indian holy man who claimed he could perform COVID-19 exorcisms by kissing people's hands, has died from the disease after infecting 20 of...

Wizkid jabs Nigerian pastors over failure to heal Covid-19 patients

With Nigeria recording 14,554 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 389 deaths, Nigerian singer Wizkid says he is surprised no pastor has come out of...

Total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria now 14,554, 387 deaths

Nigeria has recorded 681 new Covid-19 cases shooting the total number of confirmed cases to 14,554 with 387 deaths.The country's Centre for Disease Control...

COVID-19: Infected persons in Parliament, including journalists defying orders to stay away [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · COVID-19: Infected persons in parliament defying ordersIt has emerged that some people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in...

24 health workers in Mfantseman municipality infected with Covid-19

Twenty-four health workers in the Mfantseman Municipality have been infected with Covid-19.The situation, according to the Municipal Health Directorate, has hugely affected the staff...

Ashanti Region: Coronavirus contact tracers on strike

The Covid-19 caseload in Ghana’s Ashanti region could triple as contact tracers have declared a strike.The volunteers, who have formed the Coalition of Contact...

Pastor narrates how doctors rejected breast cancer patient over fear of dying in their hands [Watch]

Pastor Obiri Yeboah, the man of God who was the one taking care of late Agnes Dogboe, a breast cancer patient, has made shocking...

NCCE receives 50 vehicles from President to promote education campaign on Covid-19

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has received 50 vehicles from the President, Nana Akufo-Addo through the Office of the Chief of Staff,...

Accra International Book Festival hosts author Dilys Sillah on #CatchUp

The Accra International Book Festival will host transformational life coach and bestselling author, Dilys Sillah on #CatchUp.The Zoom-live event scheduled for Saturday, June 27,...

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count nears 11, 000 with 3,921 recoveries

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 10,856 after 498 new cases were confirmed.This is according to the Ghana Health Service’s latest update on...

Has Covid-19 contaminated your relationship?

Over many centuries, we as humans have developed a longing for social interaction and a desire to share life with a partner — but not...

Coronavirus lockdown: Youth is twice as likely to suffer from loneliness than older adults

Youth more likely to suffer from loneliness than elderliesThe lockdown restrictions are slowly being lifted worldwide and people are starting to warm up to the...

Check out Africa’s coronavirus ‘hotspots’

Africa will have a “steady increase” in COVID-19 cases until a vaccine is developed and strong public health measures are needed in current “hotspots”...

Mum forced to give birth on lounge floor with just paracetamol as pain relief

A mum had to give birth to her first baby on her living room floor with just paracetamol as pain relief because her husband had been...

Coronavirus testing blunder may have seen 150 patients wrongly told they were infected

Nearly 150 patients may have been wrongly told they had caught coronavirus, a hospital trust has admitted.Nearly 80 patients at Musgrove Park Hospital in  Taunton,...

COVID-19: 45 health workers isolate at Winneba

It has emerged that about 45 health workers of the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital have been asked to self-isolate pending the outcome of...

Coronavirus: Bodies will soon litter our streets – MP warns

Ranking member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is predicting bodies of COVID-19 patients may soon liter the streets of Ghana.This, he explained...

Coronavirus should not scare you from hospitals – Dr Sereboe

The Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre has said Covid-19 should not scare people from accessing health facilities when they are sick.Dr Lawrence Sereboe...

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson lifts the sex ban

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has given the green light for two households to merge into 'support bubbles' from Saturday, but only if one...

Other Covid-19 symptoms that must not be ignored – including diarrhoea

As we all know, the classic symptoms of Covid-19 are a new continuous cough, fever and shortness of breath.These symptoms would qualify you for...

Final year university students to report to campuses on Monday

Vice Chancellors of the various public universities have affirmed the readiness of their respective institutions to welcome all final year students back to campus...

Things people don’t want to touch ever again due to coronavirus

Metro handles to elevator handrails, poll highlights things people don't want to touchIn the times of chaos and unpredictability, if there is anything which...

This is how much Ghanaian-UK returnees will pay for quarantine daily

It has emerged that stranded Ghanaians in the United Kingdom to be evacuated amid the border closure will pay between GH¢500 to GH¢600 daily...

Covid-19 ‘ends’ Queen Elizabeth’s reign as monarch of England

The Queen's reign is 'effectively over' due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the virus 'practically putting Charles on the throne', a royal biographer has...

Covid-19 deaths in Ghana: Exclusive photos from graveyard of 5 deceased patients

The Public Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) today carried out a ‘supervised’ burial of five persons who died of Covid-19.The five...

Covid-19 deaths: AMA health officials detail process as 5 are buried [photos]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Covid-19 deaths: AMA health officials detail process as 5 are buriedA team of 11 environmental workers is carrying out 'supervised' burial of...

Coronavirus cases in Africa now surpass 200,000

Africa has now confirmed over 200,000 coronavirus cases across all 54 countries, according to latest statistics from the Africa Center for Disease Control and...

Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 10,358

Ghana’s number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 10,358. This represents an increase of 157 from the initial figure, according to the Ghana Health...

New York advises ‘make sex kinky and wear a mask’ to lower coronavirus risk

New Yorkers are being encouraged to make sex "a little kinky" by wearing a mask and getting creative to avoid too much body contact.The...

Coronavirus: No case recorded in Jungle Warfare School

The Jungle Warfare School (JWS), also known as the Seth Anthony Barracks, Akim-Achiase, in the Eastern Region, has not recorded any case of Covid-19.This...

Ethiopia PM’s term extended because of coronavirus

Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament has agreed to extend the prime minster and government’s term in office beyond October because elections have been delayed.Polls...

Coronavirus: Minority predicts 100,000 cases if …

Minority in Parliament says Ghana’s Covid-19 case count will hit 100,000 in the next few months if the Electoral Commission (EC) is allowed to...

Border closure: Check out the number of Ghanaians evacuated so far

Amid Ghana's border closure over the COVID-19 pandemic, it has emerged that a number of stranded Ghanaians have been evacuated from various countries.To ensure...

Govt to open borders for final year foreign students

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has revealed plans are underway to open Ghana's borders to allow foreign final year students into the country.This follows...

GHS staff who recovered from coronavirus share their experience

Three recovered COVID-19 officials of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region have shared their experiences after they resumed normal official...

Coronavirus patients most infectious when they first feel unwell: WHO

Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said...

Biakoye DCE orders man’s arrest for defying nose mask wearing order [Video]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Biakoye District in the Oti region, Comfort Atta, on Sunday ordered the arrest of a young man for...