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Coronavirus pandemic may last two years – Report

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to last as long as two years and won’t be controlled until about two-thirds of the world’s population is...

Coronavirus: Poultry farmers donate 82 crates of eggs to boost immune system of patients

The Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPFs) has donated 82 crates of eggs worth GH¢1, 500.00 to...

Naming a running mate amid COVID-19 crisis not necessary – Mahama

Former president and flag bearer of opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, says there is no need naming a running...

Coronavirus: Ketu South emerging as hotspot

The Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region has been identified as an emerging hotspot for the spread of the coronavirus in the region.This...

Coronavirus: KCCR has a backlog of 8,000 samples to test [video]

A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) has revealed that there is a total backlog of 8,000 samples that are yet...

Coronavirus: Education Minister reveals when it would be appropriate for reopening of schools

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, says the reopening date of educational institutions will depend on the expert advice of health professionals managing...

READ: Popular gospel musician shares dream about coronavirus

Gospel musician, Nathaniel Bassey, has advised people to seek God for help in this coronavirus pandemic and not the government.ALSO READ:Covid-19: Akufo-Addo speaks on...

No public university to write online exam – Education Minister

After weeks of agitations and uncertainties surrounding the mode of assessment of students, particularly at the university level, the matter seems to have been...

COVID-19 survivor returns to an empty home as family flees on his return

As Ghana celebrates some 212 recoveries from a total of 2,074 infections, one issue that remains a grave concern to health authorities and the...

Akufo-Addo extends closure of border again!

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by another month following the increase in the number of confirmed cases of the...

WHO worried about community spread of Covid-19 in West Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it is very worried about the rate of community spread of Covid-19 in West Africa.The regional head of...

Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong calls for closure of markets if… [audio]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has suggested that there should be more scrutiny in market places.This, according to...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo speaks on closure of schools, borders

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana cannot continue to keep schools closed forever and continue with the ban on social gathering.He said, there...

Woman fights off coronavirus by drinking sperm smoothies

A personal trainer claims she is fighting off coronavirus by drinking smoothies containing her boyfriend's sperm.Tracy Kiss, 32, reckons that the refreshing drinks that...

Top 6 African countries with highest COVID-19 deaths

Over 36,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in African, with over 1,500 deaths recorded, as at Thursday, April 30, according to the World Health...

Experts reveal African coronavirus trial details

The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has outlined some of the trials going on for Covid-19 treatment and vaccination in Africa.Fifty-two countries have...

Davido’s fiancee throws 25th birthday party despite lockdown

Davido's fiancee, Chioma, has shown off the big birthday cake she had for the celebration of her birthday as she clocked 25.The mother of...

Coronavirus shuts down sex lives as demand for condoms drop

A slump in condom sales suggests Brits are shying away from sex during the lockdown.Laxman Narasimhan, the chief of Durex's parent company Reckitt Benckiser,...

Livestream: Akufo-Addo’s May Day address

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo is addressing the nation on what his government is doing for Ghanaians workers as the world celebrate May Day.Watch a...

Mahama finally breaks silence on his running mate [read]

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says his mind is already made on who to name as his partner going...

Coronavirus: The poor widow cooking stones for her children

Kenyans have rallied to the aid of a widow filmed cooking stones for her eight children to make them believe she was preparing food...

Covid-19: KCCR to clear ‘a little over 8,000’ backlog of test samples by Sunday

With an average of 2,000 samples to test in a day, Ghana’s second prominent coronavirus testing facility has ramped up staff numbers to clear...

Coronavirus: Keta Municipal Assembly intensifies fight against pandemic

The Keta Municipal Assembly has intensified the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, as the confirmed case count for the virus infection increases...

Shatta Wale and Majesty breaks the internet with education on coronavirus [Video]

Shatta Wale has shared a video of his three-year-old son, Majesty who acted as a news presenter and gave updates about the Coronavirus pandemic...

Parliament donates GH¢200,000 to Covid-19 Fund

Parliament has donated GH¢200,000.00 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund to financially support the government’s fight against the disease.During the presentation ceremony, the Majority...

Coronavirus: Russian PM tests positive

Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus kills child at Korle-BuNumber of Ghanaians tested for...

Coronavirus: People are having less sex in lockdown – Durex boss

The boss of Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Durex condoms, has said people are having less sex because of the coronavirus crisis.Laxman Narasimhan said condom...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo hints of strategy to ‘return life to normalcy’

Government is developing an exit strategy to return life to normal, amid efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 in Ghana.At a meeting with...

Bill Gates: What you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine

One of the questions I get to ask most these days is will the world be able to go back to the way things...

Number of Ghanaians tested for coronavirus revealed

A total of 113,497 persons have so far been tested for the deadly novel coronavirus in Ghana, latest figures released by the Ghana Health...

Nigeria lockdown sees rise in domestic violence

Domestic and sexual violence experts in Nigeria say they have seen an increase in the number of people asking them for help.It comes as...

Coronavirus: 110 patients, staff of Accra Psychiatric Hospital quarantined

About 110 people including staff of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have been quarantined after a patient tested positive for coronavirus at the facility.ALSO READ:Coronavirus...

If not for lockdown we’d have ‘tied the knot’ – Davido tells Chioma as she celebrates birthday

Nigerian superstar, Davido, has proved his readiness to marry his fiancee Chioma after she recovered from Coronavirus some weeks ago.Taking to Instagram to...

Coronavirus kills child at Korle-Bu

Three units at the Child Health Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, have been shut down after a child who was brought for treatment...

Nairobi hair salon defies pandemic with ‘coronavirus’ style

Through winces and grins, two girls wearing face masks and surrounded by posters of different hairstyles bowed their heads for their hairdressers. But the...

Coronavirus : ‘Traditional cure will be ready soon’

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the traditional cure for Coronavirus has reached an advanced stage and will be made available...

Coronavirus: Cristiano Ronaldo set for two weeks of quarantine

Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, is set for another two weeks of quarantine when he returns to Italy.ALSO READ:Nkrumah’s son reacts to video of his...

Coronavirus: Trump says China wants him to lose re-election

United States (US) President, Donald Trump, has said China "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid, stepping up his...

Ghana’s laboratories lack international accreditation – Laboratory scientist says

Executive Member of the Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists, Michael Amo Omari, has asserted that, all medical laboratories currently across the country have...

Coronavirus: New York funeral home puts corpses in lorries

Dozens of bodies have been found stored in moving lorries in New York, authorities say, after passersby complained of the smell.The Andrew T Cleckley...