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Twitter says staff can work from home forever

Twitter has told staff that they can work from home "forever" if they wish as the company looks towards the future after the coronavirus...

What Kwesi Pratt wants done to ‘stubborn Ghanaians’ who don’t believe coronavirus exists [Audio]

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has called on health authorities to immediately show coronavirus patients on television to people who...

Covid-19: Drinking bars, hotels can now operate – Ghana Tourism Authority

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has outlined guidelines to curb the possible spread of the coronavirus disease as the hospitality industry reopens.According to...

Coronavirus detected in South Sudan camps

Health officials in South Sudan have for the first time confirmed cases of coronavirus in camps for people displaced by conflict.Two people have become...

COVID-19 unemployment grant launched for citizens

South Africa’s government on Monday made available to citizens access to state grant for those rendered jobless due to the coronavirus.The government’s COVID-19 relief programme for...

It ‘will be madness’ to hold elections amid Covid-19 pandemic

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has given the strongest signal that presidential election in his country due next year may not take place if the coronavirus...

COVID-19 treatment: Do these alternate treatment plans work in fighting coronavirus?

Alternate treatment methods for coronavirus: Do they work?Coronavirus pandemic has spared no country. With over 70,000 cases in India alone and 4 million cases...

Madagascar’s President says the West ‘looks down on’ Africa over herbal drug

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has responded to critics of his country’s much touted herbal remedy for coronavirus.He told French news channel France24 that those doubting...

Comptroller-General of Immigration promotes six officers for dedication to service in Covid-19 fight

The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, has promoted six Junior Officers for dedication to duty in the fight against the coronavirus disease...

Some youth in Chorkor believe weed protects against Covid-19, they are wrong

As scientists around the world race against time to find a vaccine or cure for Covid-19, some believe they already have an antidote.Some young...

113-year-old Spanish woman becomes oldest person in world to recover from coronavirus

A 113-year-old Spanish woman is believed to have become the oldest person in the world to recover from coronavirus.Maria Branyas, the oldest person in Spain, confirmed she...

South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators, cases pass 11,000

South Africa has become a COVID-19 model for the continent in many ways since it confirmed its index case on 5th March, 2020. From...

Coronavirus: ‘Nearly 1,000 African medics infected’

The World Health Organization (WHO) has tweeted that nearly 1,000 health workers in the African region have been infected with coronavirus.The WHO urged governments...

Congolese rail worker dies of coronavirus after being spat at

A Congolese woman, who worked as a railway ticket office worker in London, has died of coronavirus after she was spat at by a...

Covid-19: MP turns living room into mask factory [Video]

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has disclosed she has turned her living room into a...

Coronavirus: Papa Owusu-Ankomah recovers

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) has recovered."I count myself blessed to be counted...

Coronavirus: Nkwanta South Hospital records 100% recovery

The Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital in the Oti region has a announced that it has successfully treated and discharged all five patients who were...

K Monsi supports govt hospitals in Oti region to fight COVID- 19 [Photos]

K monsi Ventures, a leading alcohol-producing entity based in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region has distributed cartons of sanitizers to some organisations...

Exclusive photos of Ghana’s 1st 100-bed Covid-19 isolation & treatment facility as it nears completion

Ghana’s first Isolation and Treatment Centre is nearing completion.The project, located at the Ga East Municipal Hospital, will be the country’s National Coronavirus Treatment...

Covid-19: Pregnant woman now free from virus shares bitter experience [Video]

A pregnant woman, identified as Matilda Gamu, who lives in the Northern region of Ghana has shared her experience of stigmatisation after being diagnosed...

Lawyer for former NCA boss reacts to ruling [Listen]

Copyright © 20Lawyer for former Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), William Tetteh Tevie jailed for causing financial loss to the state,...

Spain to quarantine all arrivals from overseas

The Spanish government announced on Tuesday that it will impose a 14-day quarantine on all travelers who arrive from another country as another measure...

Mahama donates food items to residents of Sukura, Nima [Photos]

Ex-president John Dramani Mahama is still not over with his philanthropic spree as his 'train' stopped in the communities of Sukura and Nima.His responsibility...

What Bill Gates told Trump about coronavirus in 2016 [read]

Billionaire Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has revealed that he informed Donald Trump to prepare for pandemic weeks before Mr Trump became the United Staes...

Illegal border crossing: 7 Burkina nationals arrested

The Upper West Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has apprehended seven Burkina Faso nationals for sneaking into Ghana on an unregistered...

Coronavirus: Unions call for mass testing in Tema companies

The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) and the Tema District Council of Labour (TDCL) have called for mass Covid-19 testing in industries and companies...

Ghana CEO Summit postponed

Chief Executives Network Ghana has announced the postponement of the 5th Ghana Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit which was scheduled to take place in...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo’s surprise visit to Noguchi [photos]

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed gratitude to all staff members of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research for their role...

Covid-19: Obuasi residents beg for lockdown

Some residents of Obuasi in the Ashanti region are living in fear amid calls for lockdown over the increasing number of coronavirus cases in...

Man dies after s3x workers threw him out of two-storey building [audio]

A tricycle truck rider is feared dead after allegedly being thrown out of a two-storey building by persons suspected to be commercial sex workers...

Hollard Life Assurance announces free COVID-19 insurance cover for customers

Life Insurance Company, Hollard Life Assurance, has announced a free COVID-19 insurance cover for its customers.The complimentary insurance cover, which comes at no additional...

3 fishermen test positive for Covid-19 in Central Region

Three fishermen have tested positive to coronavirus at Moore in the Central region.Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye, disclosed this at...

Armed Covid-19 taskforce clears way for isolation centre at Obuasi despite protest

Health authorities at Obuasi have started transferring some Covid-19 patients to an isolation centre despite resistance and protests from members of the community.Armed members...

Covid-19: Find out age range of Ghanaian deaths so far

The age range for Ghana's Covid-19 deaths has been made known by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Badu Sarkodie.The...

Coronavirus cases at Tarkwa up to 13, with one death

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded at Tarkwa has increased to 13 with one death.The deceased, a female health employee of a hospital...

Election or no election; Akufo-Addo takes a stance

With the global coronavirus pandemic still hanging and the 2020 general election gradually approaching, concerns have been raised as to how the general election...

Here’s how you can stop feeling guilty for not being productive during COVID-19

Don't feel guilty for being less productive during the lockdownIn light of the global pandemic and the damage it has caused, most of us...

Covid-19: Details of Akufo-Addo-led Cabinet meeting out! [Audio]

Cabinet, led by President Nana Akufo-Addo, last week held a three-day retreat to discuss the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on the country’s...

Check out the coronavirus hotspots in Greater Accra region

It has emerged that 26 districts in the Greater Accra region have had coronavirus cases with some metros bieng the hottest spots.Director-General of the...

Five coronavirus patients killed in hospital fire

Five coronavirus patients died in a hospital blaze early today due to a short circuit igniting a ventilator machine, said reports in Russia.An inferno swept through an...