COVID-19: Parliament clears air on MPs, staff testing positive
Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has dismissed reports which seek to suggest some two Members of Parliament (MPs) and 13 parliamentary staff...
Coronavirus has affected my eyesight – Boris Johnson
The prime minister has said he was ‘having to wear glasses for the first time in years’ after suffering coronavirus.Boris Johnson told today’s...
Manhunt for 2 coronavirus patients in Tamale
The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has disclosed to DGN Online that the regional health directorate is in search of two...
Govt to hold final talks on easing off restrictions – Osafo-Maafo
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo says the government will have a final round of meetings to determine how the easing of restrictions will be done...
Coronavirus: Model poses in bikini made with just face masks [photos]
A model is causing a stir online after she posed in a bikini piece made with just face masks.She is said to be using the...
Adorable photos of ‘socially distant’ baptism go viral (photos)
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, people are coming up with new ways to do things while maintaining social distancing.Social distancing is the new normal....
COVID-19: Ada East District Hospital sends SOS message over PPEs
The Ada East District Hospital is worried that its efforts towards a national fight against COVID-19 pandemic could be derailed as it lacks adequate...
Tanzania to redeploy pot-bellied policemen
Traffic police officers with pot bellies in Tanzania are to be redeployed because they embarrass the police service, Interior Minister George Simbachewere said over...
How to travel safely during COVID-19 crisis
How to travel safely during COVID-19 crisisEven as the coronavirus cases continue to surge, some of the restrictions regarding the lockdown have been relaxed....
Coronavirus: WHO fears ‘silent epidemic’ in Africa without enough testing
The World Health Organization is warning Africa against relaxing its testing efforts on Covid-19.So far Africa has recorded over 115,000 cases of coronavirus with...
Covid-19: Govt to begin exercise to airlift stranded Ghanaians abroad
The Foreign Affairs Ministry says it will, in the coming days, continue with an exercise to airlift Ghanaians stranded abroad due to the Coronavirus...
Govt receives 10 ventilators to combat COVID-19
The Government of Ghana has taken delivery of 10 ventilators to be distributed to COVID-19 healthcare centres across the country.The ventilators, donated by P...
First coronavirus patient in Savannah region identified
The first coronavirus patient in the Savannah region has been identified as a 31-year-old trader.The young man works at Salaga but lives in Tamale...
Coronavirus: Western region now hotspot [audio]
The Sekondi-Takoradi Municipal and Tarkwa in the Western region have been identified as new hotspots for the coronavirus pandemic.The Director-General of the Ghana Health...
Covid-19: 91 percent of people don’t show symptoms – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has delivered a presentation on the dynamics of the coronavirus in Ghana.Dr Badu Sarkodie of the GHS, speaking at...
List of people with higher risk of Covid-19 complication
Nigeria recorded its index Covid-19 case on Thursday, February 27, after an Italian man working as a consultant for a company in the country...
UK passes Sweden to have world’s highest coronavirus death rate
The UK has overtaken Sweden to again have the highest coronavirus per capita death rate in the world, according to University of Oxford researchers.Although cases are...
88 coronavirus patients recover in the Eastern Region
Eighty-eight out 0f 118 coronavirus patients have recovered in the Eastern Region as at May 24.The 88 recovered represents 74.6 percent leaving 30 active...
WHO suspends coronavirus hydroxychloroquine trial
The World Health Organization (WHO) has temporarily suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure,...
SA teachers ‘to sue over school reopening plan’
Teachers in South Africa want the planned reopening of schools on 1 June halted, Independent Online news website reports.Educators Union of SA (Eusa) general...
Can vitamin D protect you against COVID-19?
For the past few days, we have been constantly hearing how vitamin D can protect us against COVID-19. But does vitamin D actually protect...
Men with longer ring fingers ‘are at lower risk of dying from COVID-19’
Men with longer ring fingers are at a lower risk of dying from coronavirus, a scientist has claimed.Professor John Manning, an evolutionary biology expert at...
7 major changes to expect at these airports as passengers are forced to quarantine
Flying won't be the same for the forseeable futureWith the easing of lockdown on the horizon, many Londoners are going to start thinking about...
Ghana treating frontline health workers better than US – Report
Health workers at the Frontline of the coronavirus fight in Ghana are being treated better than their counterpart in the United States (US), The...
Mayor boldly tells president ‘he’s too stupid’ to the face over increase in Covid-19 deaths
The mayor of a Brazilian city that has been badly hit by the coronavirus has rounded on Jair Bolsonaro, saying the President is "co-responsible" for the nation's...
It will take a miracle for coronavirus to disappear- Pastor Adeboye
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, says it will take a miracle for the Coronavirus pandemic...
Why this woman shared her coronavirus status [read]
Zambia's Information Minister Dora Siliya says she publicly shared her Covid-19 test results to fight stigma associated with the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus.She...
Covid-19 patients no longer infectious 11 days after catching virus, says study
Coronavirus patients no longer pose a threat of spreading the killer bug after 11 days, according to a new study.Top Singaporean infectious disease experts...
Coronavirus: Ghana Navy personnel test positive
Some personnel of the Ghana Navy in the Western Region have tested positive for the coronavirus.The number of infected personnel is yet to be...
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count rises to 6,808; recoveries now 2,070
Ghana's Health Service has announced some new 125 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in the country, barely hours after some 66 recorded on Sunday,...
The face is important in the transmission of coronavirus – Experts
Medical practitioners in the country have called on Nigerians to take adequate care of their faces in order to avoid COVID-19 infection.This is even...
Zambia minister’s contacts tested for coronavirus
Zambia's Information Minister Dora Siliya has said that most of her contacts have been tested after she was diagnosed with Covid-19.The minister, who announced...
South African President says outbreak will get worse
The president of South Africa has warned that the country's coronavirus outbreak is going to get much worse, while announcing that lockdown measures are...
SA gives green light for citizens based in other countries to travel
Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has approved essential travel for South Africans who want to return to countries where they are based.The decision, made...
Coronavirus: Investors rush to Nigeria
Nigeria’s early move to tap cheap loans has improved its risk perception among foreign investors, leading to a fall in the country’s borrowing costs.Yields...
Coronavirus: 164 workers of AngloGold Ashanti South Africa test positive
AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa has been temporarily closed after 164 workers tested positive for the coronavirus, the gold miner said in...
Coronavirus: Rate of deaths in Ghana lowest in the world- President Akufo-Addo
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the rate of deaths in Ghana amongst Covid-19 confirmed cases as one of the lowest in...
FDA destroys seized COA-FS and other assorted items in Cape Coast
The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed quantities of seized COA-FS food supplement and other assorted items declared...
Coronavirus: Kwahu West Municipality records three cases
The Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern Region had recorded three coronavirus cases.The victims are made up of two men and a woman. The...
Coronavirus: 245 deportees from Kuwait test negative
Some 245 Ghanaians who were brought into Ghana from Kuwait have all tested negative for the Coronavirus.This was revealed by the Director for Media...