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Ghana has reached peak of Covid-19 infection curve – GHS

Data on Ghana’s rate of Covid-19 infections shows the country’s case count has peaked, a top official of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has...

Mental patients shouldn’t be left out in Ghana’s Covid-19 fight – Dr Akwasi Osei warns (Video)

In every 10 people walking on the street in Ghana, one is a mental patient.Dr Akwasi Osei, the Head of Mental Health Authority, who...

Coronavirus: 453 positive persons in isolation centres

Four hundred and fifty-three persons who have tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19) but are asymptomatic are in isolation centres across the country.The Director-General of...

Coronavirus: 101 prison inmates test positive in Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry says that 101 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus in the N'dolo military prison.Only three infected inmates...

Illegal border crossing: 4 Burkinabés arrested

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have arrested four Burkinabés at Balibe Inland Post in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region.They...

Coronavirus: 12 patients in Northern region recover

Health authorities in the Northern region say 12 out of 16 Covid-19 patients who are being treated have made full recovery.Regional Health Director, Dr...

Some tiktok users are urinating on themselves to introduce new challenge [Photos]

TikTok users are urinating on themselves as part of the revolting 'Pee Your Pants Challenge,' and while it allegedly started as a joke, it...

Amazon vice-president quits over virus firings

A vice-president at Amazon has quit “in dismay” at the internet giant’s crackdown on workers who criticised it over coronavirus safety measures.Tim Bray described...

Covid-19: We are not out of the woods – National House of Chiefs tells traditional leaders

The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has admonished traditional leaders to adhere to the social distancing protocols outlined by President Akufo-Addo and health experts...

Ghanaians stranded abroad beg Akufo-Addo

There are increasing calls on the government to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in other countries.The latest to join are some Ghanaians stranded in the United...

Lady born with HIV shares unseen childhood photo of herself

A lady, who has been living with HIV since she was eight, has shared a childhood photo of herself to motivate as many people...

How a Ghanaian tech company is tracking coronavirus symptoms and hotspots

Africa has more than 30,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the World Health Organisation (WhO). And while these numbers are relatively small compared...

Have you lost Mahama’s number?- Kwamena Ahwoi quizzed

New Patriotic Party Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has asked Professor Kwamena Ahwoi to direct his calls to desist from politicisation of Coronavirus to former President John...

Coronavirus: Gold Fields Ghana staff, wife test positive

Goldfields Ghana has confirmed first Covid-19 case at its Tarkwa mine in the Western region.In a statement copied to Adomonline.com, the company said it...

Coronavirus: Check out backlog of samples situation at Noguchi, KCCR

Head of Virology Department of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, has said there are no backlog of samples...

Prof Ahwoi chides Bawumia for ‘politicing’ Covid-19 fight

A former Local Government Minister, Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, has accused the Vice President of politicising the coronavirus pandemic.Prof Ahwoi has said Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's...

Covid-19: Health Minister has message for those who want to voluntarily contract virus [Audio]

If anyone of us would want to contract the disease and want to die voluntarily, so be it but the rest of us don't...

Coronavirus: Noguchi hints of daily updates on test results[audio]

Head of Virology at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Prof William Ampofo, has said they have cleared all backlogs of testing for...

Covid-19: Minister narrates bizarre fate that befell contact-tracers in Jamestown [Audio]

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has lifted the lid off the challenges faced by contact-tracers, working to identify persons who may have come into contact...

Immigration Service makes 2nd major illegal border-crossing arrests

Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service in the North East region, in collaboration with military personnel, have arrested 23 foreigners for illegal entry into...

Coronavirus: I’m exposed – Health Minister reveals [audio]

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has revealed he is exposed to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) than people can imagine.He explained that he, together with...

WHO warns against untested coronavirus cures

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people not to put their faith in local untested remedies for coronavirus.The advice comes at a time...

Coronavirus: Check out how Korle Bu doctors jubilated after 100% recoveries[video]

Medical doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital who treated coronavirus (COVID-19) patients expressed their joy at their recovery in a very unique way.All the...

Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus

Two dozen Lagos healthcare workers in scrubs and face masks rushed outside the isolation tents and, making sure to keep six feet apart on...

Korle Bu records 100% COVID-19 recoveries

The COVID-19 treatment centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has successfully treated and discharged all seven patients who were on admission, a statement...

How deadly fetish priest, ‘Power 1’ and his colleague murdered and buried a biochemist, others in their shrine [read]

Two traditional priests are in the custody of the police for allegedly killing a biochemist consultant and siphoning what is suspected to be his...

Coronavirus: Joy Prime Morning show to tackle Asthma, asymptomatic infections amid pandemic

Your television set should be tuned and glued to the number one entertainment channel, Joy Prime, amid this Coronavirus pandemic as people living with...

Mask-less Akufo-Addo billboards – Oppong-Nkrumah sets records straight [audio]

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has revealed the COVID-19 awareness billboard which has President Nana Akufo-Addo without a mask is being removed.He stated emphatically...

President orders probe into test kits after goat, pawpaw test positive

Tanzanian president, John Magufuli, has ordered a probe on the country’s coronavirus testing kits after samples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive.Speaking...

Access Bank protects employees; rejects decision to lay off employees despite declining profit margins

Access Bank Plc, in an effort to avoid job losses of staff members, has decided to cut salaries of its employees.The potential loss of...

Okyenhene donates GH¢ 100,000 to Covid-19 Fund; food items, PPEs to Akyem Abuakwa residents

The Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori Panin, has donated food items, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and an amount of GH¢ 100,000.00 towards the fight against Covid-19...

59 CSOs fight for NCCE

Fifty-nine Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country have petitioned the government, to as a matter of urgency, resource the National Commission for Civic...

19 Burkinabes allegedly offer GH₵100 bribe to Immigration Officers to enter Ghana

Nineteen Burkinabes, who allegedly attempted to bribe Immigration Officers in order to be allowed entry into Ghana, have been repatriated, the Ghana Immigration Service...

Assemblies of God Church reveals total monies received in tithes and offerings since March

A prophet at the Grace Assemblies of God Church has lamented the low revenues generated by the church due to the ban placed on...

COVID-19: Mother who tested positive discovers she’s pregnant with twins

A woman recently received the surprise of her life after waking up from an induced coma. She was put into an induced coma after...

Why coronavirus hit some places and left others [read]

The coronavirus has killed so many people in Iran that the country has resorted to mass burials, but in neighboring Iraq, the body count is fewer...

Big employers are talking about permanent work-from-home positions

Thousands of Americans are waiting to return to normalcy, but for many that may not mean going back to an office.Working from home could...

Coronavirus: Accra leads with over 2000 cases

Ghana has now recorded 2,719 coronavirus cases, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed.The Greater Accra region has recorded 480 new Covid-19 cases bringing the...

Coronavirus: All patients at Korle-Bu recover

All seven Covid-19 patients being attended to at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have been treated and discharged.According to Chief executive Officer of the country’s...

COVID-19 must awaken Ghana’s sleeping industrial giant

Amidst the haze of uncertainty around the global corona virus crisis, there is one thing that is certain – we will not have the...