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Coronavirus cases in Nigeria jump to 3,526 – Checkout latest breakdown

Some 381 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria as at Thursday, May 7, 2020, the country's Centre for Disease Control has...

Coronavirus: More young people contracting disease in Ashanti region

More young people than adults are getting infected with Covid-19 in the Ashanti region.Statistics from the regional health directorate show 50 percent of 163 confirmed...

Peak of coronavirus infections: GHS releases graphs to make a point

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released two graphs to prove that the country has reached its peak of the Covid-19 infection curve.Some public...

Coronavirus: NDC donates nose masks to driver unions [photos]

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has presented 2,600 nose masks to driver unions as part of efforts to stop the spread of the...

‘800,000 job losses recorded in hospitality sector’

About eight hundred thousand workers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism sectors are said to have lost their jobs.According to the Ghana Tourism Federation...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo leads 3-day meeting with Cabinet

President Nana Akufo-Addo later today is to commence a three-day meeting with Cabinet ministers.The meeting, made known by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, is...

18 nurses test positive for Coronavirus in Kano

Eighteen nurses in Kano state have tested positive for Coronavirus. The state chairman of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Ibrahim Mohammed, who disclosed this...

250 Nigerians evacuated from Dubai amid coronavirus

Nigeria evacuated 250 nationals Wednesday from the United Arab Emirates amid the coronavirus pandemic.Passengers arrived in the commercial hub of Lagos at about 8:30...

Black people in the UK four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people

Black people in the United Kingdom (UK) are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people and a number of other...

Woman delivers baby on repatriation flight

A woman has given birth onboard a flight repatriating Nigerians from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora...

Full speech: Minority’s response to Ghana’s Covid-19 National Response

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament is grateful to you for honouring our invitation to this press engagement.We are thankful to all Ghanaians including civil...

Coronavirus: Nigerian Commissioner who celebrated death of Chief of Staff tests positive

Engineer Muaz Magaji, the Kano State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructures Development, who was sacked after being accused of "celebrating" the death of late Chief...

Coronavirus: Some patients being given only Vitamin C – Minority alleges

The Minority in Parliament is accusing the government of giving Ghanaians false hope that the Coronavirus situation in the country is under control.Minority...

Ghana to take delivery of Madagascar’s anti-Covid-19 drug [Audio]

Madagascar has donated some of her much-touted herbal potion that has become famous for its ability to cure coronavirus or Covid-19 patients to Ghana.Director...

Covid-19: Pastor Chris’ revelation about face mask will shock you [video]

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, has expressed his displeasure about the different measures put in place by the Federal Government...

Couple infected with deadly virus at TNMA

The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly (TNMA) in the Western region has recorded two cases of COVID-19.Mr Gilbert Kennedy Asmah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), who made...

Coronavirus cases in Africa surpass 50,000

The total number of Coronavirus cases in Africa reached 51,698, according to data released by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on...

Kenyan goat traders dump handshake for stick-shake

Kenyan health officials are giving communities safer options to substitute traditions that require physical contact in the wake of coronavirus outbreakInstead of a traditional...

CSM death toll now 44 in Upper West

Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih in a statement issued in Wa says the Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) ravages the region has so...

Health Ministry investigation reveals hoarding, illegal sale of PPEs

An investigation conducted by the Health Ministry has revealed that some people have been hoarding government procured Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) in certain parts...

New recoveries as Ghana’s coronavirus case count jumps to 3,091, check out details

Ghana’s total coronavirus case count has jumped from 2,719 to 3,091. This means 372 more cases have been recorded.According to the Ghana Health Service...

Nigeria’s confirmed Coronavirus cases now 2,950 – Checkout latest breakdown

Nigeria has recorded 148 new cases of the novel Coronavirus, shooting the total number of confirmed cases to 2,950 with 98 deaths and 481...

Ghana to find vaccine for Covid-19 – Prof Alex Duodu

The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alexander Duodu, is optimistic Ghana can help find a vaccine for the deadly novel coronavirus...

Police gives chief 48 hours to produce banished boy

The Nkwanta South Police Command has given Nana Poku Antoh III, Paramount Chief of Tutukpene in the Oti Region, 48 hours to produce a...

GTP donates yards of bleached cloth to Covid-19 trust fund for nose masks

Textiles Ghana Ltd, Printers of GTP local fabrics has donated 6000 yards of bleached clothes to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund.The purpose of the...

Police Service begins mandatory testing of personnel for Covid-19

The Ghana Police service has begun testing all its personnel for Covid-19.This follows an earlier announcement that those who were dispatched during the lockdown...

STC, Metro Mass Transit suffer losses due to COVID-19 protocols

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put Inter-City STC and Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) into dire financial situation compelling them to turn to...

Coronavirus: 265 Nigerians to be evacuated from Dubai

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that an Emirates Airline is scheduled to evacuate 265 Nigerians from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).The press...

Akuapem chief installation: Four chiefs fined!

The Akropong Circuit Court presided over by Her Lordship Harriet Nsembo has fined four chiefs of Akuapem a 1,012 penalty units each.The chiefs were...

Pharmacist, GHS clash over Ghana’s coronavirus curve

Pharmacist and a fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana has countered the claim that the country had reached its peak of coronavirus...

READ: Correct procedure for wearing nose mask

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has urged the public to wear nose masks when going out, especially where social distancing is difficult to be...

Covid-19: Western North case count jumps from 4 to 50

The Western North Regional Co-ordinating Council has issued strict directives to its people as covid-19 cases jumped from 4 to 50 within few days.The...

Covid-19 blues: 979 hotels closed down in Ghana

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyemang, has disclosed about 979 hotels have been closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic.According...

Coronavirus: No soldier has tested positive – Defence Minister

Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, is a happy man because none of his officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces has tested positive...

Doctor dies of coronavirus in northern Nigeria

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kano, in the north of the country, says that one doctor has died after testing positive for coronavirus.State...

Coronavirus cases in Africa hit 47,000 plus

Africa has 47,581 cases of the Novel Coronavirus and 1,862 deaths, according to data released late Tuesday by the Africa Centers for Disease Control...

Covid-19: GES releases virtual learning timetable for KG to JHS

The Ministry of Education, through the Ghana Education Service (GES), has released the timetable for the virtual learning for Kindergarten (KG) to Junior High...

Why not test COVID-19 vaccine on senior govt officials first? – Social justice advocate quizzes

Social justice advocate, Martha Wangari Karua, has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans.On Saturday, the Kenyan politician, who...

Covid-19: Ghana to start daily testing May 7

Ghana will from Thursday, May 7, begin daily testing for the COVID-19 virus to pave the way for daily updates.So far, Ghana had conducted...